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prepared to make recommendations to Government at the present time, will the Director of Public Works state what is the estimate of cost for laying a suitable and new drainage system with an outfall clear of the Harbour of Refugo?

2. Will the Director of Public Works kindly consider the feasibility of an alternative scheme whereby sower connections may be established from Honautin down Argyle Street continuing thence down one of the new streets ultimately to liuk up with the existing sewers in Prince Edward Road, thus obviating the undesirability of any sewage emptying into the Typhoon Refuge?

3. Failing the feasibility of a system such as that outlined in the second question, will the Director of Public Works suggest any other scheme whereby residents of the Homuntin district may obtain a water-carriage system that must ultimately become an imperative necessity, from a public health point of view, on account of the steady growth of the Homuntin District ?

The Hon. Sir Henry E. Pollock, Kt., K.C., pursuant to notice, will ask the follow-

ing question

With reference to the paragraph in Mr. Henderson's report to the Honourable Director of Public Works, dated 20th February, 1928, in Sessional Paper No. 4 of 1928 which reads as follows:—

"

The present Waterworks scheme of finance is in my opinion out of date and I would propose re-organization on the lines suggested in my reports to you on the subject dated 21st September, 1927 and 13th December, 1927:"

will the Government lay copies of such reports upon the table of this Coun-

cil?

The Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga, pursuant to notice, will ask the following questions :--

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1. With reference to Government Notification No. 436 of the 23rd August relating to a Memorial of Re-entry by the Crown on the area known as the Kowloon Tong Property", what consideration does the Govern- ment intend to extend to those subscribers whose houses stand on those Lots or any portions of the Kowloon Tong Property on which the Government has re-entered in respect of which there are now subsisting certain agreements and which houses are not yet completed through no fault of the subscribers and by whom all monies in respect thereof have been paid to the Kowloon Tong and New Territories Development Co., Ld.?

2. Is it the intention of the Government to resume those properties without affording the owners thereof facilities to meet their obligations in the matter of the Crown land premium and so enable them to obtain their respective Crown leases?

The Colonial Secretary to move ---

MOTIONS.

That the Report of the Finance Committee (No. 10), dated 25th July, 1929,

be adopted.

The Colonial Secretary to move—

(a) That this Council approves the construction of the works connected with the Shing Mun Valley Water Supply Scheme as set out in Appendix VI (a), Head 1, Sub-Head 1, of the draft estimates of expenditure for 1930 at an estimated cost of $4,158,509.40.

() That this Council approves of a sum of $3,500,000 out of the said sum of $4,158,509.40 being charged to the Public Works (1927) Loan, and further sanctions the expenditure of $2,221,876.42 actually incurred up to the 31st December, 1928, the expenditure of $1,182,274.19 estimated to be incurred during the financial year 1929 and the expen- diture of $95,819.39 estimated to be incurred during the financial

year 1930, which three last mentioned sums amount in all to the aforesaid sum of $3,500,000.

(e) That this Council approves the expenditure of a further sum of $579.150.61 on the said Shing Mun Valley Water Supply Scheme during the financial year 1930, which sum shall be met from a further loan and shall meanwhile be charged as an advance from the surplus balances of the Colony.

The Colonial Secretary to move—

That this Council approves the expenditure of a sum of $419,771.26 on Harbour Development as set out in Appendix VI (a), Head 2, Sub-head 1, of the draft Estimates of Expenditure for the year 1930 and authorizes this sun to be charged to the Public Works (1927) Loan, and further sanctions the expenditure out of this sum of the sum of $403,729.08 actually incurred to the 31st December, 1928, and of the sum of $16,041.58 estimated to be incurred in the financial year 1929.

The Colonial Secretary to move --

(a) That this Council approves the construction of the Kai Tak Aerodrome at an estimated total cost of $1,689,467, exclusive of contributions from His Majesty's Government, as set out in Appendix VI (a), Head 2, Sub- head 2, of the draft Estimates of Expenditure of the year 1930.

(b) That this Council authorizes the sum of $1,080,228.74 out of the said sum of $1,689,467 to be charged to the Public Works (1927) Loan and sanctions the expenditure of this sum of $1,080,228.74 from loan funds during the financial year 1928.

(e) That this Council authorizes in respect of this work an advance from the surplus balances of the Colony of the sum of $78,114.17 in the financial year 1928, of the sum of $466,000.00 in the financial year 1929, and of the sum of $249,500.00 in the financial year 1930 of which sums $297,000.00 is due to be recovered from His Majesty's Government and the balance shall be met from a future loan.

The Colonial Secretary to move—

That with reference to the resolution passed on the 2nd May, 1929, this Council approves the expenditure of a sum of $1,000,000 during the financial year 1930 on the Aberdeen Water Scheme, the cost to be met. from a future loan, and meanwhile to be charged as an advance from the surplus balances of the Colony.

The Attorney General to move the First reading of—

"An Ordinance to amend the Offences against the Person Ordinance, 1865.”

“An Ordinance to amend the law relating to accessories to and abettors of

indictable offences."

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