CO129-268 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1895 [7-11] — Page 495

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1887 for 8 years, and knowing that

abuse of power by any official

any

can and would be, in this small

ht at once to the notice

PRony, brought of the Governor

with, I see no

or and promptly

danger

dealt

is sanctioning the Ordinance. Indeed the Regula = tions under it of 4th July, 1895 were published in the Gazette of 13th July.

am inclined to think that

if the few private carriages had been excluded from the Ordinance there would have been no

opposition. To have done this would, however, have looked like favouritions, and as it

recessary they should comply with traffic rules and as

is weave

Key

10

the

public roads there seems hardship

in a licence fee of $2 equivalent to

✓

2

4/4 sterling.

As regards any danger of the Captain superintendent of Police abusing his power

as to licences this is a very

remote.

remote contingency in Hong Kong and while section- & gives an express. appeal to the Governor such an appeal

of a

in practies exists against any action

Government Official.

I will now • proceed to deal seriatine with Mr Humphreys criti=.

cisms of " verbal defects in the Ordin

wanee,

Section 2 defines Private Ve=:

fiches" av

including

those which do

not require to be licensed under Qr= dinance 21 of 1887 (except those em=

crated in the Section )

adding

(a) Section 4,

Sub-section (B)

the words whether licensed

or not" intended to emphasize the fact that the omission to take outa licence, which

ought

clf to have been taken out, would not exempt the own,

or from the traffic and other

howw .

regula.

I admit the words might

have