CO129-542-3 Foreshore and Sea-bed Works Bill- correspondence 9-1-1933 - 16-8-1933 — Page 59

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NKX CONFIDENTIAL.

Sir,

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONG KONG,

HONG

20th May, 1936.

,,936。

I have the honour to refer to Mr. Malcolm

MacDonald's confidential despatch of the 14th October, 1935,

and to inform you that I have, since the receipt of that des-

patch, received from the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce

representations against the enactment in its present form of

the Public Reclamations Validation and Clauses Bill, copies of

which are enclosed.

2.

Accordingly, after the First Reading of the Bill on

the 16th January, it was discussed by the Attorney General with

a deputation from the Chamber on the 10th February with the

result that the following amendments were agreed to and have

been accepted by my Executive Council:-

(a) At the commencement of clause 6, substitute the words

"Subject to the provisions of sections 7, 8 and 9, uponTM

for the word "Upon".

(b) In clause 7(3) delete the word "acceptable" in the first

line and insert the words "which is accepted" after the word

"compromise" in the second line.

(c) In clause 7(5) after the words "Such judge" at the

commencement insert the words "may order such pleadings and

discovery to be filed or made as he may consider necessary

for the proper determination of the issues and”.

(d) In clause 7(6) delete all the words and substitute

"There shall be an appeal as of right to the Full Court from

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

J. H. THOMAS, M. P.,

&C., &C., &C.

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