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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 17, 1937.

No. 906.

Hong Kong.

Resolution of the Legislative Council under section 6 (1) of the Betting Duty Ordinance, 1931, as amended by the Betting Duty Amendment Ordinance, 1934.

WHEREAS under section 6 (1) of the Betting Duty Ordin- ance, 1931, as amended by the Betting Duty Amendment Ordinance, 1934, it is provided that on every bet made on any totalisator or pari-mutuel authorized by the said Ordinance there shall be charged a duty on a scale to be determined from time to time by resolution of the Legislative Council: AND WHEREAS such a scale was determined by resolution on the 13th September, 1934: AND WHEREAS it is expedient to revoke such resolution and to determine a new scale :

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that the Resolution of the 13th September, 1934, (which was published as Government Notification No. 697 in the Gazette of the 14th September, 1934) be revoked with effect from the 1st April, 1938, and that thereafter on every bet made on any totalisator or pari- mutuel authorized under the Betting Duty Ordinance, 1931, there shall be charged a duty of Two per cent. of the amount paid, contributed or subscribed.

B. C. K. HAWKINS,

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

No. 907.

15th December, 1937.

Deputy Clerk of Councils.

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Hong Kong.

ORDINANCE No. 15 of 1935. (PUBLIC HEALTH [SANITATION]).

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 4 (xv) of the Public Health (Sanitation) Ordinance, 1935, the Urban Council makes the following amendment to the by-laws under the heading "Scavenging" contained in Schedule A to the Public Health (Sanitation) Ordinance, 1935.

Amendment.

By-law 3 is rescinded and the following by-law is substituted therefor :-

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