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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 21, 1911.

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Various Members addressed the Council and on the Resolution being put to the Council it was declared lost, ten Members voting against and two-Dr. Ho KAI and Mr. Wei Yuk- for the Resolution.

NAVAL AND MILITARY LIQUOR REBATE.-His Excellency the General Officer Com- manding the Troops withdrew the following Resolution standing in his name :—

Whereas for purely financial reasons this Council is unable to approre the con- tinuance of a Rebate to the Military and Naval Authorities on Intoxicating Liquors as contemplated by Ordinance 27 of 1909, And Whereas it is estimated that the Military Contribution which is paid by the Hongkong Government to the War Office will be increased by the imposition of Liquor duties by a sum of approximately $164,600 in 1911, And Whereas it is anticipated that approximately 30% out of the gross revenue collected in res- pect of duties on European liquor will be paid by the Military and Naval Authorities, Be it resolved that the permission of the Secretary of State for the Colonies be requested to deduct from the said Military Contribution accruing from Liquor duties in each year a sum equal to the ascertained amount of these duties paid by the Military and Naval Authorities, and that such sum be paid as heretofore to the Military and Naval Authorities in order that the officers and men of His Majesty's Naral and Land Forces may not suffer financially from the imposition of the said duties while serving in this Colony And Be it further resolved that His Excellency the Governor be requested to transmit a copy of this resolution to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.

WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' PENSION AMENDMENT (No. 2) BILL.-The Attorney General moved the First reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance further to amend the Widows' and Orphans' Pension Ordinance, 1908.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY BILL.-The Attorney General moved the First reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance for regulating the supply of Electricity for Lighting and other pur- pose within the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

PAWNBROKERS AMENDMENT BILL.-The Attorney General addressed the Council and moved the Second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to further amend the Pawn- brokers Ordinances. 1860 and 1902.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a second time.

Council in Committee on the Bill.

Council resumed, and Bill reported with amendment.

The Attorney General moved that the Bill be read a third time.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time.

Question put-that this Bill do pass.

Bill passed.