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HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

6TH JUNE, 1918.

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HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR FRANCIS HENRY MAY, K...O.

Hia EXCELLENCY MAJOR-GENERAL F. VENTRIS (General Officer Commanding Troops in China).

HON ME. CLAUD SEVERN, C.M.G. (Colonial Secretary).

HON. MR. J. H. KEMP, C.B.E. (Attorney-General).

HON. MR. A. M. THOMSON' (Colonial Treasurer).

HON. MR. E. R. HALLIFAX (Secretary

for Chinese Affairs).

HON. MR. W. CHATHAM, O.M.G. (Director of Public Works).

HON. MR. Mc.I. MESSER (Captain Superintendent of Police).

HON. MR. H. E. POLLOCK, x.c. HON. MR. E. SHELLIM

HON. MR. D. LANDALE.

HON. MR. LAU CHU PAK.

HON. MR. P. H. HOLYOAK.

HON. ME. HO FOOK.

HE COLONIAL SECRETARY, by command of H.E. the Governor, laid upon the table report of the Proceedings of the Finance Committee No. 3, and moved that it be adopted.

THE COLONIAL TREASURER second- ed, and this was agreed to.

Water Supply

THE HO MR. P. H. HOLYOAK asked With reference to the statement made by the Director of Public Works on the pumping engines, will the contractors be 30th May regarding the Taitam Tuk held responsible for the defects in these engines!

THE COLONIAL SECRETARY replied The pumping plant has not yet been taken over by the Government, and the contractors are responsible for the de- fects of the engines The question of the infliction of a penalty on the contractors for failing to complete and hand over the pumping plant ithin the contract time was referred to the Secretary of State for the Colonies on the 27th February with the request that the matter

MR. A. G. M. FLETCHER (Clerk of might be submitted to the Consulting Councils).

Papers

TH COLONIAL SECRETARY, by command of H.E. the Governor, laid upon the table the Report of the Assess ment for year 1918-19 and the Raport on the Botanical and Forestry Depart ment for the Year 1917.

Flience

Engineers.

THE HON. MR. DAVID LANDALE asked :-

1. Were any steps taken to approach any of the local engineering firms with a view to their repairing on replacing the damaged cylinder referred to by the Director of Public Works in his state- ment at the meeting of the Council held on the 30th May regarding the puztail- ment of the water supply?

2. If no such steps were taken why were they not taken 1

THE COLONIAL SECRETARY, by command of H.E. the Governor, laid upon the table Financial Minute No. 27, and moved that it be referred to the-No such steps were taken because the Finance Committee.

THE COLONIAL TREASURER, 800- onded, and this was agreed to.

THE COLONIAL SECRETARY relied

contractors were and are under oblika- tion to erect the engines and to ri them under certain specified trial before handing them over to the Govern