HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
18TH JULY, 1921.
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PRESENT:-
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR, SIR REGINALD EDWARD STUBĖS, K.C.M.G.
H.E. MAJOR-GENERAL SIR GEORGE M. KIRKPATRICK, K.C.B., K.C.S.I. (General Officer Commanding the Troops in China).
Hox MR. CLAUD SEVERN, C.M.G. (Colonial Secretary).
HON. MR. J. H. KEMP, C.B.E., (Attorney-General).
K.C.
HON. MR. C. Mol. MESSER, O.B.E. (Colonial Treasurer).
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY, by com- mand of H.E. the Governor, laid on the table the Report of the Finance Committee (No. 8) and moved that it be adopted.
and the motion was agreed to.
THE COLONIAL TREASURER seconded,
Papers
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY, by com- mand of H.E. the Governor, laid on the table the following papers :-Report on the ten- eral Post Office for the year 1920; Report of the Director of Education for the year 1920; Return of excesses on sub-heads met by
HON. MR. E. A. IRVING (Director of savings under heads of expenditure for Education).
HON. MR. S. B. C. ROSS, 0.B.E. (Secretary for Chinese Affairs).
Hon. MR. T. L. PERKINS (Director of Public Works).
Hay. MR. H. E POLLOCK, K.Ç.
HON. MR. LAU CHU PAK.
HON. MR. P. H. HOLYOAK.
HON. MR. HO FOOK.
HON. MR. H. W. BIRD.
HON. MR. A. G. STEPHEN.
the second quarter of 1921; and a Report on the Hongkong Fire Brigade and pro- posals for increasing its efficiency.
The Rents Ordinance
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY presented to the Council the following petitions:- From Mr. Mok Lai Chi representing Chinese tenants of the Colony; and a further petition asking that they might be represented by Counsel; from certain proprietors of boarding houses; from the proprietors of domestic tenements pray- second reading; and a petition from Chinese domestic tenants in Hongkong which he asked the Secretary for Chinese Affairs to explain.
MR. S. B. B. McELDERRY (Clerk of ing to be represented by counsel on the Councils).
Minutes
The Minutes of the last meeting of the Council were approved by the Council and signed by the President.
Finance
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY, by com- mand of H.E. the Governor, laid on the table Financial Minutes Nos. 53 and 54 and moved that they be referred to the Finance Committee.
THE SECRETARY FOR CHINESE AFFAIRS Sir, I received a petition on be- half of tenants of Hongkong which is signed by 10,142 persons, by chop, and 326 by signature. They ask me to represent that this was a sort of attachment to the petition which Your Excellency has already received from the Colonial Secretary. It is to prove that the ten- ants of this Colony wish to thank Your Excellency for this Ordinance. They
THE COLONIAL TREASURER seconded, asked that they might be permitted to and the motion was agreed to.
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