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HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

PAPERS.

THE COLONIAL SECRETARY, by command of H. E. the Governor, laid upon the table the following papers:-

Regulations under section 6 (1) of the Places of Public Enter- tainment Regulation Ordinance, 1919.

Regulation under section 210 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903,--blasting operations in the vicinity south of Wong Ma Kok at Stanley Peninsula.

Report of the Harbour Master and Director of Air Services for the year 1933.

FINANCE COMMITTEE'S REPORT.

THE COLONIAL SECRETARY, by command of H.E. the Governor, laid upon the table the report of the Finance Committee, No. 10 of 26th July, 1934, and moved that it be adopted.

MOTIONS.

THE COLONIAL TREASURER.-The total amount expended on the Vehicular Ferry to the end of 1933 was $1,741,650.70. Of this sum $325,231.14 was spent during 1933. Hon. Members will recollect that resolutions for $170,000 and $139,000, totalling $309,000, were taken on October 6, 1932, and December 14, 1933, respectively, for the estimated expenditure during 1933. As $325,- 231.14 was spent during the year, it is necessary to take a resolution for the balance, viz., $16,232.00

I would add that the total approved estimate for the Ferry at present is $1,864,000, but it is posssible that further funds may be required before finality is reached.

I therefore move "that this Council approves the further expendi- ture of $16,232 on the Vehicular Ferry during the financial year 1933, which sum shall be met from Loan funds and shall meanwhile be charged as an advance from the Surplus Balances of the Colony."

THE COLONIAL SECRETARY seconded, and this was agreed to.

CORONER'S ABOLITION AMENDMENT ORDINANCE, 1934.

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL moved the first reading of a Bill intituled "An Ordinance to amend the Coroner's Abolition Ordinance, 1388." He said: The scope and purpose of this Bill are sufficiently shewn in the Objects and Reasons. The only material alterations of the existing law are as follows:-

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