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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

No. S. 172.-The following Bills were read a first time at a Meeting of the Council held on the 1st September, 1910 :—

Short title.

Fower of Governor to accept services of the Volunteer Beserve.

A BILL

ENTITLED

An Ordinance to provide for the formation of a

Volunteer Reserve.

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 Volunteer Reserve Ordinance, 1910,

2. It shall be lawful for the Governor to accopt the services of any persons desiring to be formed under this Ordinance into a Volunteer Reserve and offering their ser- vices and on such acceptance being notified in the Gazette the Volunteer Reserve shall be deemed to be lawfully formed under this Ordinance.

Engagement. 3. Every member of the Volunteer Reserve upon join- Schedule A. ing the same shall sign an engagement in the form given

in Schedule A to this Ordinance or to the like effect.

Caths. Schedni B.

President.

Military Instructor.

Inspecting Officer.

Arms, am- munitions

and appoint

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4. Every member of the Volunteer Reserve shall, on his admission thereto, take the oath or make the declaration set forth in Schedule B to this Ordinance to be adminis- tered by a Magistrate, a Justice of the Peace, or the Pre- sident of the Volunteer Reserve.

5. There shall be a President of the Volunteer Reserve, who shall be a person to be elected from among the mem- bers of the Reserve by such members, and who on being so elected shall be nominated for approval and appointment by the Governor. Such President shall hold his appoint- ment during the pleasure of the Governor.

6. The Governor may appoint a fitting person to be Military Instructor of the Volunteer Reserve, who shall be charged with attending the annual masketry course and with giving instruction in musketry and in squad drill to the members of the Volunteer Reserve.

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7. The Governor may appoint fitting person to be Inspecting Officer of the Volunteer Reserve, who shall be charged with supervising the military instruction of the Volunteer Reserve, and shall be responsible for the inspec- tion of Government arms, and other public property on loan for the use of the Volunteer Reserve,

8.-(1.) For every member of the Volunteer Reserve a rifle air such appointments as the Governor may direct shall be issued to the President on loan for the use of such member; and such President shall be responsible to the Government for such arms and appointments.

(2.) There shall be allowed annually for every member of the Volunteer Reserve who shall quality by completing the annual musketry course prescribed by regulations, one hundred rounds of rifle ammunition, and there shall also be issued to the President such further supply, on such terms as to payment or otherwise as the Governor may dircet.

(3.) Every member of the Volunteer Reserve shall pay to the President the cost of repairing or replacing any rifle or appointments damaged, destroyed or lost by such mem- ber, and shall also pay for any ammunition expended by him to the free issue of which he was not entitled.