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HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
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26TH APRIL, 1921,
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PRESENT:-
HIS EXCELLENCY THE OPIFCÉR ADMINIB-
THE COLONIAL TREASURER seconded
HON. MR. POLLOCK-In connection with
ING THE GOVERNMENT, HON. ME. CLAUD | Financial Minute No. 5 in which it
VERS, CMG.
LE MAJOR GENERAL SIR GEORGE ACAULAY KIRKPATRICK, K¢K, LCAL neral Officer Commanding the Troops in
iina:
is recommended that the Council shall Vote the sum of $5,000 as payment to Messrs. Lowe, Bingham & Matthews for professional services in connection with report on the China and Japan Tele- phone and Electric Company, Ltd., I
Hos. MR. E. D. C. WOLFE (Colonial should like to ask whether the report, will beretary).
Hox. Mt. J. H. KEMP, KC, C.P.I. Ettorney-Cene al).
be laid on the table.
His EXCELLENCY-The report is at pre- sent in manuscript and is being circu- Hox. M. C McL MESSER, OBE.lated for consideration by the Govern Bolonial Treasurer).
Hos. Mr. E. A. IRVING (Director of
ucation)
HON. MR. S. B. C. ROSS (Secretary for
bines Fairs).
Hon. MR. T. L. PERKINS (Director of ublic Works).
HON. ME. H. E. POLLOCK, K.C.
HON. MR. LAU CHU PAK.
HON. MR. HO FOOK.
HON. MR. H. W, BIRD,
HON. MR. A. G. STEPHEN.
Hos. Mr. A. O. LANG.
ment. Whether it will be printed and laid on the table will be decided later. The report was obtained with a view to considering the future position of the Telephone Co. No conclusions have been come to and I cannot give an answer at the present moment whether the re- port will be laid on the table or not.
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY, by com- mand of H.E. the Officer Administering the Government, lafd on the table the Re- port of the Finance Committee (No. 4) and moved that it be adopted.
THE COLONIAL TREASURER seconded,
M. S. B. B. McELDERRY (Clerk of and the motion was agreed to.
buncils).
New Member
Mr. A. O. LANG took the oath and his eat as a member of the Council repre ating the Chamber of Commerce in the bsence on leave of Mr. P. H HOLYOAK.
Minutes
The minutes of the meeting held on the 14th inst. were confirmed and signed.
Finance
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY, by com- od of H.E. the Officer Administering the wernment laid upon the table Finan
Minutes Nos. 25 and 28 and moved that be referred to the Finance Com-
The Dairy Farm Property
HON. MR. BIRD in pursuance of notice previously given asked the follow- ing question:-
"In view of the fact that the housing problem is still acute and that the Dairy Farm Co. hold some 210 acres of highly suitable and accessible build- ing land on the cool side of the Island, will the Government take preliminary steps to develop some spot on the mainland, such as the slopes of the Shatin Valley, with a view to the ultimate removal of that Company's sheds and cattle to such spot and the resumption of the land at present in its possession 1"
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