HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
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5. Sections 2, 3 and 4 of the new Ordinance replace sections 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Ordinance No. 27 of 1912 as amended by Ordinance No. 35 of 1931. But all these sections have been redrafted and revised to meet present conditions. In particular it should be noted that the proviso to section 3 of Ordinance No. 27 of 1912 has been omitted. That proviso required that the Judge of His Britannic Majesty's Supreme Court for China should preside, when present, in the Full Court if his appointment as such judge was earlier in date than the appointment of the Chief Justice as such Chief Justice. A reciprocal provision was contained in Article 22 (2) of the China Order in Council, 1925. It is considered now, by the judges of both Courts, more suitable that the Chief Justice and Judge should each preside in his own Court.
6. Section 5 re-enacts section 5A of the principal Ordinance (repealed by No. 35 of 1931) so as to make provision for pending appeals and motions.
7. Section 6 effects the necessary repeals.
ADJOURNMENT.
H.E. THE GOVERNOR.-Council stands adjourned until Thursday, March 23.
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Following the Council, a meeting of the Finance Committee was held in the Council Chamber, the Colonial Secretary presiding.
Votes totalling $94,649, contained in Message No. 3 from H.E. the Governor were considered.
Item No. 11.-Expenses in connection with the Empire Fair -$2,000.
THE HON. SIR WILLIAM SHENTON.-I should like to say that before very long we shall have to ask the Government for a larger grant and I think Mr. Braga will tell you that practically the whole space for the British Empire Fair is entirely taken up and we have to go to the other side of the road which will mean some other site and structure involving further expense.
HON. MR. J. P. BRAGA.—I will state briefly the necessity for a larger grant at a later stage, as indicated by Sir William Shenton. At a meeting of the organising committee held on the 13th instant a statement was prepared in which it was shown that already 80 allottees had been granted space within the large area-three times as large as last year-for the Fair. Not another inch of ground is available even though the hotel management has done its best to accommodate the organising committee. It was
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