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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 8, 1937.

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7. Telecommunication Amendment Bill.-The Attorney. General addressed the Council and moved the First reading of a Bill intituled "An Ordinance to amend the Telecommunication Ordinance, 1936."

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

8. Hong Kong Government Service (Levy on Salaries) Bill.-The Attorney General addressed the Council and moved the First reading of a Bill intituled “An Ordinance to make provision for a temporary percentage levy on the salaries of public officers in the Hong Kong Government Service and to provide for the exchange rate at which sterling salaries, when paid in the Colony, are to be converted."

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

9. Pensions (No. 4) Amendment Bill.-The Attorney General addressed the Council and moved the Second reading of a Bill intituled An Ordinance further to

amend the law relating to Pensions."

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question--put and agreed to.

Bill read a second time.

Council in Committee on the Bill.

On Council resuming, the Attorney General reported that the Bill had passed through Committee without amendment, and moved that it be read a third time.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time and passed.

10. Quarantine and Prevention of Disease Amendment Bill.-The Attorney General addressed the Council and moved the Second reading of a Bill intituled "An Ordinance to amend the Quarantine and Prevention of Disease Ordin- ance, 1936."

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a second time.

Council in Committee on the Bill.

On Council resuming, the Attorney General reported that the Bill had passed through Committee without amendment, and moved that it be read a third time.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

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Bill read a third time and passed.

11. Lighting Control Bill.-The Attorney General addressed the Council and moved the Second reading of a Bill intituled "An Ordinance to provide for the total or partial cessation of lighting in the Colony by Regulation of the Governor in Council on occasions of emergency or public danger or by way of experi- ment or practice for such occasions.