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subscribers in the last annual report of the Society and to consider whether this excellent Society is receiving its full measure of support from the general public. I should like to see a much larger list of annual subscribers and should then feel more justified in asking you to increase the subsidy from Government Funds.
I notice a curious omission from the Honourable Mr. Shenton's list of outstanding events of the year in the absence of any mention of the Empire Products Fair, to which the Honourable Dr. Ts'o has made a passing reference. The omission is doubtless due to a feeling of modesty but I should be failing in my duty if I did not insert it in the list and make public acknowledgment of
indebtedness to the
and Honourable Mr. Shenton
the Honourable Mr. Braga for all they did to make the Fair a success. (Applause). It rests largely with British merchants here and else- where to see that a permanent benefit accrues to Empire Trade as the result of the Fair which brought prominently before the public the excellence and abundance of local and other British products.
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Before I close my remarks I should like to associate myself with the Honourable Mr. Shenton in his graceful tribute to the work of His Excellency the Governor. There is probably no one who knows better than myself the care which His Excellency devotes to everything connected with the progress and development of this Colony. We look forward to welcoming His Excellency and Lady Peel on their return to the Colony in the middle of November next.
Honourable members, I thank you for the careful scrutiny you have given to the Estimates, for the helpful suggestions you have put forward and for your continued co-operation with the Government in all matters which make for the welfare and prosperity of Hong Kong. (Applause).
The motion for the second reading was put and agreed to.
The Bill was read a second time.
Council then went into Committee to consider the Bill clause by clause.
Upon Council resuming,
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY reported that the Bill had passed through Committee without amendment and he moved the third reading.
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