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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 25, 1911.

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The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 10th August, 1911, were read and confirmed.

FINANCIAL MINUTES. --The Colonial Secretary laid on the table Financial Minutes Nos. 52 and 53, and moved that they be referred to the Finance Committee :—

No. 52.-Public Works, Recurrent, Maintenance of Roads and

Bridges in City,

No. 53.-Sanitary Department, Additional Lighter and Repairs

to same,

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

.$15,000.

3,800.

REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. -The Colonial Secretary laid on the table the Report of the Finance Committee dated the 10th Angust, 1911, and moved its adoption.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

PAPERS.--The Colonial Secretary laid on the table the following paper :-----

Report on the Blue Book for the year 1910.

QUESTIONS.—Mr. POLLOCK, pursuant to notice, asked the following questions :

1. Will the Government lay upon the table a printed paper containing a progress Diagram, shoring the work done on the Typhoon Refuge up to the 30th June, 1911, and will the Government thereafter lay upon the table a similar paper showing the progress made during each successire period of six months? 2. Will the Government explain why the work on the Tsim Sha Tsui Market is

proceeding slowly? When will the Market be ready for use?

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3. What information can the Government give to the Council with reference to the prospects of the erection of a Wireless Telegraph Station on an Island of the Pratas Group?

4. What information can the Gorernment give to the Council with reference to the prospects of a Wireless Telegraph Station being established in this Colony? Has the Government of this Colony or have the Home Authorities on behalf of the Goreanment of this Colony entered into any and what engagements with any and what authority, corporation, company or firm with reference to the erection of such station?

The Colonial Secretary replied to Questions Nos. 1 and 3 and His Excellency the Governor addressed the Council with reference to Question No. 4. Question No. postponed.

was

CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE AMENDMENT BILL. -The Attorney General moved the First reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend the Code of Civil Procedure.

time.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

The Attorney General addressed the Council and moved that the Bill be read a second

The Colonial Secretary seconded, motion agreed to, and Bill read a second time. Council then went into Committee on the Bill.

On the motion of the Attorney General the following amendments were agreed to. The following section was inserted after section 1 and numbered section 2:-

2. In section 2 after the definition of This Code" there shall be inserted Ordinance

the following definition: ----

No. 3 of 1901.

section 2.

The Hongkong Code" means the Code of Civil Procedure Aments

established by Ordinance No. 13 of 1873, and repealed by Ordinance No. 6 of 1901 (both as numbered before the coming into force of Ordinance No. 12 of 1900): and the expression shall have the same meaning when used in any other Ordinance.

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