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GLOVES-MUFFLERS, SWEATERS.-ULSTERS.

THE CHINA MAIL.

endeavour to secure that existing In private gardens. It may not be

SALARIES REVISION.

With regard to the Estimates generally: I have not atterapted to deal in detail with the very large number of changes brought about by the salary revision schemes. The Increase in salaries has ranged 20 and 30% in the between great majority of cases, and the total additional cost is in the neigh- It has bourhood of $1,000,000. been the aim of the Government to abolish as far as possible all allowances and special payments and to make an officer's salary cover the whole of the duties which he may

also.

300.00 500.00

Total........................$ 5,800,00

Police and Prison Departments, possibilities are "made the most of generally known that once the flower-B-Fire Brigade, Other Charges and I may say in this connection ing branches are cut the plant does Coal, Oil, and Fuel $ 5,000.00 that I have under consideration the, not produce a farther fall supply of Incidental Expenses um question of taking steps to ensure Bowers for at least five years. The Electric Light and Fans... that suitable land is not allowed to plant therefore does not lend itself to | remained unoccupied.

the supply of flowers for decoration Some of the existing purposes.

* $292 in aid of the vote Police and azaleas are wild, and others, were planted by the Botanical and Forestry Prison Departments, B-Fire Brigade, i Department. It is desired to protect Other Charges, Heavy Furniture both classes.

$400 in aid of the vote Palice and The bill is primarily intended to Prison Departments, A.-Police, provide powers for the protection of Special Experditure, Motor Cycle azaleas, but it is made general in

$15,000 in aid of the vote Publici form as it may be desirable from Works, Extraordinary, Hongkong, time to time to protect other plants Communications. Roads: 16 (i)'

Pokfulam Road Improvement PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS.

$2,738 on account of Crown The Attorney General moved the first reading of a Bill intituted An Solicitor's Office, Special Expenditure, Ordinance to amend the Protection Professional charges in connection of Women and Girls Ordinance 1897. with an appeal to the Privy Council.

The Colonial Secretary seconded. be called upon to perform. In addi-and the Bill was read. With the tion to increases of salary important advice and consent of the Legislative concessions have been granted as Council thereof as follows regards passages, housing, leave and

The Objects and Reasons state: acting pay, and exchange. Exchange

The evils connected with the traf-coaches to run on the railway to with is the principal dificulty

fic in girls are so great that fuller meet the demands for more frequent which the Government has to com tend in fixing an adequate rate of powers are desirable for dealing with local trains in the evening. It does it. The existing section is insufficient not pay to run a full train with an which may possibly be run at a loss, remuneration, and that difficulty has because in cases falling under para engine and it is considered that these at least at the commencement. I do been accentuated by the violent { graph (b) of sub-section I of section / will prove economical.

$30,000 in aid of the vote Kowloon not propose that the service should fluctuations in the dollar during recent 18 of the Protection of Women and be maintained by the Government as years. If the dollar were to return GirlsOrdinance it is necessary to prove Canton Railway, Special Expenditure, tion at Wagian is provided for under" ; nature is better left in private bands. ition would doubtless have again to the possession of her father or mo

A diaphone fog signalling installa- I consider that an enterprise of this to the pre-war level the whole site that the girl left or was taken out of / Reinforced Concret Wharf at Kow

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THE BUDGET.

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item 74., The Harbour Master who

• goes on leave next spring is proceed- ing to Canada in order to study this system which has been successfully employed on the Canadian coast.

Telephone 29.

HOUSING.

I may refer in this connection to the housing problems. Under its policy of building loans the Gay

certain

$171,344 in aid of the vote Kow- boon-Canton Railway, Special Ex- penditure, Motor Coaches.

The Colonial Secretary: It is coo sidered desirable to have two motor

loon Terminus

$4,500 in aid of the vote Kowloon- Canton Railway, Special Expenditure,

Public Works Extraordinary Kow. Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages.

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Under item 75 $17,000 is provided: ernment has advanced or has and 2s. 6d. sterling salaries are make this proof unobtainable. Is Buildings, (51) Latrine ad-

for a new school building at Cheung Cha

NEW TERRITORY ROAD. Item 77 refers to roads in the New Territories. $15,000 is set apart for widening the Taipo Road between the third and fifth milestones, and $100,000 is provided for meltalling and tar painting the Laichikok Castle Peak and Taipo Roads. An add tional $15,000 is provided for impro- ving the Coastal Road to Laichikok in order to enable it to carry the refuse tractors and trucks to which I have already referred.

FINANCIAL POSITION SATISFACTORY.

be reviewed, but in the meantime ther or of some other definite person equipoise has been to a extent established by the Introdue having the lawful care or charge of tion of a sliding scale, whereunder her. The impossibility of tracing connivance of the girl, sometimes as the dollar ranges between 4s. 83. the relatives, and the stupidity or arranged to advance $1,000,000, converted at rates ranging between the circumstances it does not

has $10 and $12 to the pound sterling.

seem unreasonable to put the ongs in exchange for which it

on any one found in charge of a girl secured the erection of 11 houses and 29 flats in Hongkong, 67 houses

In conclusion I may say that I re- of showing that be obtained charge and 63 flats in Kowloon, and one) house at Fanling. It has under con- gard the Colony's present financial of her lawfully, The ones is also the girl wd3 of full sideration schemes for the extension position as "satisfactory and I con-thrown on the defence of proving Was married. future are bright, The difference age. of the enterprising Colony at Ho sider that the prospects for the that Mun Tin and for the development of about two million dollars between in all cases in which the girl appears

Garden City possibly

large area at Ko the estimated revenue and the es-to the magistrate to be under 21. In lines, of a loon Tong. The chief obstacles timated expenditure need cause no order to prevent prosecution being bave hitherto been inadequacy of anxiety. It is fully accounted for by instituted out of spite or on insuff many of which are proper charges the consent of the Secretary for communications, which will be large- the large programme of public works cient grounds the new section requires ly remedied by the omnibes services, on the accrued balances of the past Chinese Affairs to all prosecutions and the necessity for preparing in which, as I said fast year, I consider under this section."

proper town. planning

cannot be utilised to better purpose advance

than in furthering the development schemes which will ensure the best use

Colony. In the fu- being made of the ground. Progress of the

до doubt is being made with this work as fast

Lader items 78 and 84 $100,000 is provided for training the main stream at Lachikok and providing a large basin for the water boats at its mouth. This work is rendered as possible but the many other calls necessary by the extensive reclama-upon the Public Works Department tion schemes which are in progress preclude the possibility of an early completion. It is the sincere hope this neighbourhood.

$10,000 is provided under item 79 of the Government that the Kai for sewerage work in connection with Tak Reclamation the Kowloon City Reclamation.

when

complete

So

Scheme at

arabitious

ture expenditure will continue to grow, and we have fore shadowed large-schemes of develop ment, such as that in connection with the harbour, which will cost large sums

of money; but the past history of Hongkong gives good ground for

one

we

situations in the

into growth of Shamshuipo testifies to its of good building land in

best It is of the success in this connection. hoped that eventually the provision Colony of housing accommodation both here and at Kowloon City will relieve the the great congestion now obtaining in the City of Victoria.

Under item 82 provision is made for a new pier at Cheung Chau.

Item 53 refers to the refuse dump near Laichikok, of which I have already spoken.

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RESTRAINING INTIMIDATION. The Attorney General moved the first reading of a Bill intitaled an Ordinance to restrain certain acts of

intimidation.

The Colonial Secretary seconded and the Bill was read.

The objects and reasons state: Cases frequently occur in which

other cases it is made in order to

joining Market Street, $3,000 00 Communications (52) Roads,

(d) General Works,........ 29,450.00 Drainage, (53) (b) General

Works,

2,750.00

Drainage Works 3,500.00 Drainage, (54) Miscellanous

New Territories, Drainage. (70) Miscellaneous Dra- inage Works, (b) General Works, then

7,400.00

New Territories, Commmunic-

tions, Roads ----

Cheung Chan Village to Improvement of Road from..

the Pak Tai Temple.... 1,400.00 Taipo Road, Widening and improving road be tween 3rd and 5th miles 15,000.00

1,800.00

Station to Cross Roads. Road from Sheung Shin Approach Road 10-feet wide, to Sheung Shiu Police Station************ Road from Taipo Road to Taipo Market Station....

Total ............$ 69,700.00

Public Works Recurrent

Gas Lighting, ***** Kowloow, Lighting, (30)

Electric Lighting, - New Territories, Build- ings, (38) Improvements to Fuldings,

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Total,

400.00

་

5,000.00

300.00

300.00

1.650.00

..$1,250.00

Kowloon Cty will meet with the confidence that this wealthy com threats of violence are used by $20,000 is asked for under item 80 success which is anticipated by the unity will find Ettle difficulty in societies and individuals in order to force the person threatened to do The Promoters have shouldering its future burdens. for continuing the reclamation at Promoters.

bound to do or to abstain from doing The Government is been somewhat handicapped by As I have already said I feel some act which he is not legally Shamshuipo.

the funds necessary that it is

to necessary using every endeavour to induce the lack of

Live to Chinese population this neighbourhood and the rapid a project, but a very large amount take steps to raise from other sources! some act which te is legally entitled to Kowloow, Lighting, (29)

some part of the revence which i do. These threats are sometimes carri ed out, even to the extent of murder. are losing

to owing

Sometimes the threat is intended to but diminished

res eipts opium is now available, and I do not consider that the circumduce a person to do an illegal act, once a start is made stances are such as to necessitate to join the Triad Society: In development should proceed rapidly any far-reaching schemes of sew The new ommibus and ferry services taxation at the present time. Slight build up or retain some exclusive and the new roads to Kowloon City readjustments which this lightly guild privilege which is arbitrarily will no doubt prove of considerable taxed community can easily bear claimed. The law is not strong assistance. On the island of Hong- kong the road to Wanchai Gap will, I believe, provide all that we enough at present to deal with such

already led to several

It is unfortunately the case that enquires for building sites, Item 88 sets aside a sum of $30,000 and the enterprise of the Hongkong China is still crippled by internal dis- for a Fanling waterworks scheme Hotel Company at Repulse Bay sension, and the acute situation which The Government proposes to take foreshows the rapid development of has recently arisen close to our bor The Gov- ders is reflected in the stagnation of

$210 in aid of the vote Public over the system which now belongs that neighbourhood.

Works, Extraordinary, Hongkong. to the Golf Club, and supply water ernment is in treaty with the trade which is depressing the Colony's Dairy Farm for the release of markets. I may express the hope that

Miscellaneous, (25) Kennedy Town to the neighbourhood.

of the land now under a satisfactory settlement will speedily The total expenditure on Public some

On the question of the adjournment Hospital, Installing Electric Light.

$750 in aid of the vote Public Works Extraordinary amounts to a grass at Pokfulam, and applications be reached and that our neighbours sum of $4,967,400, an amount which have been received for permission to in Canton will then enter upon, the era the Governor suggested Nov. 18 to

Furniture, is far in excess of any vote in former build upon a Farm Lot on the Pokfu- of prosperity which is bound to come enable Mr. Holyoak and Mr. John-Works, Establishment, Other Charges,

stone to be present. years. It will probably be necessary tam Road which has recently been the staff of resumed. Arrangements have been the Public Works"

Depart and are being made for the conver-

to

strengthen

has

a

require for the moment.

as soon as the country is at peace.

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threats.

The main clause of the bill, clause 2, is based on section 503 of the Indian Penal Code.

Clause 3 is intended to cover such cases as that of threats which are made to "third parties," and that of written threats posted up on walls.

THE ADJOURNMENT.

FINANCE.

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$5,000 in aid of the vote Crown Solicitor's Office Other Charges, Extra Legal Expenses.

$51,000 in aid of the vote. Public Works. Extraordinary, (16) Roads: (e) Branch road from the Wong Nei Chong Valley to Wanchai Gap.

$2,000 in aid of the vote Sanitary Department, Other Charges, Night- soil Receptacles.

The Council agreed to this, and the THE K.R.A... Before I sit down, I should like to Council will meet on that day at 2.30 ment in order to enable it to carry sion of farm lots at Wonguelchong. take this opportunity of expressing my p.m. out the programme; but I may for the purpose of the erection of a appreciation of the assistance which mention that I am prepared, if large number of houses. The ques the Kowloon Residents Association The following vates recommended necessary, to place work in the tion of the resumption of Military has afforded me in connection with by the Governor came before the bands of private firms both to re- Lands in Victoria is appreciably various matters affecting the interests Finance Committee and were ap lieve the pressure on the Govern nearer solution.

proved: I may say here that I have been of that district of the Colony. When ment staff and for the purpose,, of encouraging local enterprise. The at some pains to ascertain to what first arrived in Hongkong I said that development of the Homestead site extent there is an actual shortage I had been accustomed in ray former accommodation for Colony to ask for and to receive the has been entrusted to Messrs. Little, of housing Adams, and Wood, and Messrs. Europeans, but. without any very assistance of all sections of the com- That there is munity in manters of public interest Denison, Ram, and Gibbs are erecting definite result.

shortage appears to be and that I hoped to follow the same a house for the Government at the

The "Kowloon Resi- generally admitted but I have been practice here: eastern end of Findlay Road.

struck by an advertisement which dents Association have taken me at has for some time past been appear my word and we have consulted each ing in the Press to the effect that a other on a number of occasions with

$1,000 in aid of the vote Rolice of European flats are results which have. I hope, been satis number

and Prison Departments B-Fire "for Occupation on factory to both parties. (Applause.) available

I understand

Brigade, Other Charges, Clothing. Coronation Road

$50,000 in aid of the vote Educa that the flats are in every way suit able but that enquirers consider the The Attorney General moved the tion, A-Department of Director of Expenditure, distance from the Star Ferry Wharf first reading of a Bill intituled An Education. Special I may take this opportunity to refer to be too great; and are not ap- Ordinance to provide for the protec Grants: Building Grant for Holy to schemes of development which are parently disposed to use the Yau- tion of trees, shrubs and other plants. Trinity College, Canton.

The Colonial Secretary seconded $11,000 in aid of the following not touched on or are barely touched mati Ferry which is close by. on in these estimates There is in Prospective. tenants

Police and Prison Departments, first the the

place the pro- expect that in towns of constantly posed motor

A-Police. Other Charges omaibus

Passages and Bonuses in

lieu of passages Incidental Expenses

I have no hesitation in asking for this large sum of money. I consider it to be of the utmost importance that the Government should do. all in all its power not merely to keep pace with but to anticipate the growth and expansion of this pro- gressive Colony

DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES.

FORESTRY PROTECTION.

votes

сап hardly and the Bill was read.

The objects and reasons state :- service rising land values, such as Victoria Considerable damage has been done for Kowloon. Tenders will and Kowloon, they can continue in recent years to azaleas by the rent dwellings at cheap picking of the flowering branches for shortly be invited for a service which to

within easy distance of the purpose of table and house de- will maintain a fixed schedule at rental

offices. The question is coration, and strong action is neces cheap rates along the main Kowloon their roads, with a view to opening up primarily an economic one which sary if this shrub, which used to be. out-lying districts. It is not the cannot be greatly affected by Gov- such a striking feature of the hillsides intention of the Government to ernment action The Government in the flowering season, is to be saved make money out of the scheme, can probably do little more than from practical extermination except votes:

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$5,000 in aid of the following

Total ......

$854 in aid of the vote Police and Prison Departments, A-Police, Special Expenditure, Arms.

$7,000 in aid of the vote Sanitary Department, Other Charges, Laun ches, Steam, Barges and Lighters, Repairs

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