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Report

on an Ordinance intituled an Ordinance to amend further the Tramway Ordinance,

1902.

The two main objects of this Ordinance are to increase the maximum speed allowable on the Hongkong Electric Tramway, and to give to the company's officers and servants more satisfactory powers with regard to the detention of persons who commit of- fences against the Tramway Ordinance, 1902, or against the rules made thereunder.

Section 1 is formal.

Section 2 raises the maximum speed by five miles per hour, The present maximum has been found to be unnecessarily low.

Section 2 also deals with the procedure for bringing new rules into operation. At present, a rule made by the Governor- in-Council cannot be brought into operation under a month, and a rule made by the company cannot be brought into operation under

two months. This might be very inconvenient in case of emer-

gency, and the clause will empower the Governor-in-Council to

reduce either period if necessary in any particular case.

Section 3 relieves the company from the obligation to exhibi

a list of the fares on the outside of the oars, It is impossibl.

to find any place on the outside of the cars where such list

would be of any real use.

Section 4 improves the wording of section 51 of the rinçi-

pal Ordinance.

Section 5 repeals a provision in the principal Ordinance

which is more appropriately dealt with in the rules made under

the Ordinance.

Section 6 deals with the question of the detention of of-

fenders. It extends the power of detention to all offences

under the principal Ordinance or under the rules made thereunder.

it endeavours to defeat the expedient, sometimes adopted by die-

honest

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