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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 7, 1911.
4. Will not such Expenditure involve the raising of a corresponding Revenue and the payment of a corresponding Military Contribution, if the present method of assessing the latter remains unaltered?
5. If the answer to Questions 3 and 4 is in the affirmative, must not the fixed con- tribution proposed by the Unofficial Members necessarily be advantageous to the ratepayers from a pecuniary point of view, both as compared with the present system and as compared with the half-margin scheme sugested by His Excellency the Governor!
6. Will the Government forward the above five Questions and Answers thereto to the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies for his consideration in connection with the proposal of the Unofficial Members that the Military Contribution should be fixed at an annual sum of $1,000,000?
The Colonial Secretary replied.
SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS AMENDMENT BILL.-The Attorney General moved that the Council resolve itself into a Committee of the whole Council to consider the Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend the Sale of Food and Drugs Ordinance, 1896.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Council in Committee on the Bill.
Council resumed, and Bill reported with amendments.
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.
LARCENY (AMENDMENT) BILL. The Attorney General moved the First reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend the Larceny (Amendment) Ordinance, 1909.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a first time.
TRADE MARKS AMENDMENT BILL-The Attorney General addressed the Council and moved the Second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend the Trade Marks Ordinance, 1909.
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 without 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.
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