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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 11, 1936.

OATHS.

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3. The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (Mr. ROBERT ANDREW DERMOD FORREST, Acting), the Honourable Mr. ARTHUR WILLIAM HUGHES and the Honourable Mr. EDGAR DAVIDSON took the Oath of Allegiance and assumed their seats as Members of the Council.

PAPERS.

4. The following papers were laid on the table :-

Amendments to the Prison Rules made by the Governor in Council under section 17 of the Prisons Ordinance, 1932, Ordinance No. 38 of 1932, dated 18th July, 1936.

Resolution made and passed by the Legislative Council on the 22nd day of July, 1936, under section 2 (4) of the Hong Kong Government Service (Levy on Salaries) Ordinance, 1936, Ordinance No. 17 of 1936.

Resolutions made and passed by the Legislative Council on the 22nd day of July, 1936, under section 6 of the Hong Kong Government Service (Levy on Salaries) Ordinance, 1936, Ordinance No. 17 of 1936.

Amendment to the by-laws made by the Urban Council under section 3 of the Public Health (Animals and Birds) Ordinance, 1935, Ordinance No. 16 of 1935, relating to Depots for Cattle, Swine, Sheep and Goats, dated 26th May, 1936.

Amendment made by the Governor in Council under section 4 (2) of the Mer- cantile Marine Assistance Fund Ordinance, 1933, Ordinance No. 24 of 1933, to the Schedule to that Ordinance, dated 30th July, 1936.

Amendment made by the Governor in Council under section 3 of the Miscel- laneous Licences Ordinance, 1933, Ordinance No. 25 of 1933, to the Regulations contained in Part VI of the Second Schedule to that Ordin- ance under the heading Public Billiard Tables", dated 8th August, 1936.

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Rescission of the Order made by the Governor in Council on the 23rd September, 1935, under the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, Ordin- ance No. 10 of 1899, dated 9th August, 1936.

Amendments to the Pension Regulations A and B made by the Governor in Council under section 3 (1) of the Pensions Ordinance, 1932, Ordinance No. 21 of 1932, dated 13th August, 1936.

Order made by the Governor in Council under section 12 of the Rope Com- pany's Tramway Ordinance, 1901, Ordinance No. 21 of 1901, dated 18th August, 1936.

Administration Reports, 1935 :-

Part I.-General Administration:

Report of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs.

Report of the Superintendent of Imports and Exports.

Part VI.--Public Works:-

Report of the Director of Public Works.

QUESTIONS.

5. The Hon. Mr. Lo MAN-KAM, pursuant to notice, asked the following questions :-

1. Will Government be good enough to furnish to this Council a full state- ment on the question of the availability of radium treatment in Govern- ment Hospitals, with particular reference to the following points :-

(a) Is it a fact that a certain amount of radium was loaned to the Government Civil Hospital by a privately endowed institution, for the general use of the patients of the Government Civil Hospital? If so, what were the terms and conditions under which the loan was made?