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makes the maximum fines for breaches of the rules $250 or $50 a day for a continuing offence and the maximum fine for breaches of the by-laws $100. Another objection to the form of the present section 17 is that the penalties have to be provided in the rules and by-laws, and no provision is made for any case where through inadvertence a rule or by-law is not provided with a penalty. The proposed new form of the section provides a penalty for all rules and by-laws, but gives power to reduce the maximum fines in the case of any particular rule or by-law.

6. Clause 6 of the bill gives the Governor in Council power to amend the Schedule which contains the Table of Tolls. It is hardly necessary to say that no amend- ment of the Schedule would be made without consulta-

tion with the company, At present there is no power

either to reduce or to increase the maximum tolls.

7. Clauses 7, 8, 9 and 10 increase to $100 the maximum fines under sections 25, 26, 27 and 28 of the principal Ordinance. The present maxima of $25 and $10 seem much too small for some of the offences, which include wilful obstruction of the company's servants, destruction of the property of the company, acting in such a manner as to endanger the lives of persons travelling on the tramway, and attempting to avoid payment of the legal fare.

5th June, 1926.

C.S.O. 3145/26.

A BILL

INTITULED

J. H. KEMP,

Attorney General,

[No. 6: 9.7.26.-2.]

An Ordinance to amend the law relating to

wireless telegraphy.

BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Wireless Short title. Telegraphy Ordinance, 1926.

2. In this Ordinance,

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(a) "Telegraph means an electric, galvanic or magnetic telegraph, and includes appliances and apparatus for sending or receiving tele- graphic or telephonic messages, or other com- · munications, by means of electricity, galvanism or magnetism.

(b) “Wireless telegraphy means any system of communication by telegraph without the aid of any wire connecting the points from and at which the messages or other communications are sent and received,

(c) "Wireless telegraphy station" includes every apparatus or collection of apparatus which has been installed for the purpose of being used

Interpreta-

tion.