THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 25, 1912. 531
REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. The Colonial Secretary laid on the table the Report of the Finance Committee (No. 9) dated the 22nd August, 1912, and moved its adoption.
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
PAPERS.-The Colonial Secretary laid on the table the following papers :-
Report of the Committee appointed to enquire into the Expenditure and Delay
in constructing the Post Office Buildings.
Financial Statement in connection with the Estimates for 1913.
Abstract shewing Differences between the Estimates of Expenditure for 1912 and
1913.
Draft Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for the year 1913.
REMOVAL OF CEILINGS, STAIR-LININGS, ETC., By-Laws.
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The Colonial Secretary moved
the approval of the Removal of Ceilings, Stair-linings, etc., By-laws made by the Sanitary Board on the 10th day of September, 1912.
The Attorney General seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
PREVENTION AND MITIGATION OF EPIDEMIC, ENDEMIC, CONTAGIOUS OR INFECTIOUS DISEASE BY-LAWS.—The Colonial Secretary moved the approval of the Additional By-laws made by the Sanitary Board on the 24th day of September, 1912.
The Attorney General seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
MOTION.Mr. POLLOCK, pursuant to notice, addressed the Council and made the following Motion :----
That this Council has read with pleasure the statement of the Postmaster-General, made in the House of Commons, on the 7th of August, 1912, to the effect that it is the intention of the British Government to erect, at its own cost, a £60,000 Wireless Telegraph Station in Hongkong and that such Station is to be used for the transmission of commercial cables, but that this Council regrets to learn from the said statement that the erection of such a Station is to be post- poned till a later date and that this Council begs to most respectfully urge upon the British Government the desirability of such a Station being erected in Hongkong at the same time as the Singapore Station.
Mr. Ross addressed the Council and seconded.
His Excellency the Governor addressed the Council and promised to forward the motion and the speeches to the Secretary of State, and on His Excellency's suggestion the motion was withdrawn after all the Unofficial Members had stated that they were in favour of the motion.
QUESTIONS.-Mr. POLLOCK, pursuant to notice, asked the following Questions: —
1. How many cases of larcenies in dwelling-houses have been reported to the Police between the 1st June and the 31st August this year and from what Districts ; in how many cases have arrests been made and how many convictions have been obtained; in how many instances has the property stolen been recovered; what is the total estimated value of the property lost; and how do the facts compare with last year's records of larcenies in dwelling-houses during the same period?
2. With reference to the man who entered Beaconsfield Arcade at night and who subsequently escaped from the Government Civil Hospital, will the Govern- ment state whether the man, at the time of his escape, was in charge of any, and, if so, what Constable, and what is his name and number?" Has such Constable received any, and, if so, what punishment in respect of the escape of his prisoner? If not, why not? Will the Government also state whether, at the time of his admittance to the iHospital, the man had on handcuffs and/or other fetters, and, if so, whether such handcuffs or other fetters were either removed or loosened prior to his escape, and, if so, by whose orders? complaint was the man suffering from when admitted into Hospital? information has the Government to lay before the Council as to the method in which the man succeeded in making his escape?
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