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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 25, 1941.

PAPERS.

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

Amendments made by the Governor in Council under section 3 of the Vehicles and Traffic Regulation Ordiuance, 1912, Ordinance No. 40 of 1912, to the regulations, dated 7th March, 1941.

Resolution made and passed by the Legislative Council under sections 3 and 5 of the Entertainments Tax Ordinance, 1930, Ordinance No. 28 of 1930, as amended by the Entertainments Tax Amendment Ordinance, 1941, Ordinance No. 3 of 1941, on the 6th March, 1941.

Order made by the Officer Administering the Government under regulation 55

of the Defence Regulatious, 1940, dated 7th March, 1941.

Regulation made by the Governor in Council under section 4 of the Importation and Exportation Ordinance, 1915, Ordinance No. 32 of 1915, dated 14th March, 1941.

Amendment made by the General Officer Commanding the Troops under section 10 of the Volunteer Ordinance, 1933, Ordinance No. 10 of 1933, with the approval of the Governor after consultation with the Commandant of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, to the Regulations, dated 8th March, 1941.

The Hong Kong Defence Regulations, etc., (Collection and Proof) Regulations, 1941, made by the Governor under the Emergency Powers (Defence) Acts, 1939 and 1940, as applied to the Colony by the Emergency Powers (Colonial Defence) Orders in Council, 1939 and 1940, dated 14th March, 1941.

Order made by the Officer Administering the Government under the Emergency Powers (Defence) Acts, 1939 and 1940, as applied to the Colony by the Emergency Powers (Colonial Defence) Orders in Council, 1939 and 1940, dated 11th March, 1941.

Order made by the Controller of Trade under regulation 50 of the Defence Regulations, 1940, with the consent of the Governor prohibiting the export except by licence of optical glass and all equipment for the manu- facture of optical instruments, dated 14th March, 1941.

Annual Abstract Account for 1939, with a report of the Director of Colonial

Audit.

REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

4. The Colonial Secretary laid on the table the Report of the Finance Committee

(No. 12), dated 20th March, 1941, and moved its adoption.

The Financial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

MOTION.

5. Estate Duty Amendment Bill.-The Attorney General moved the Second reading of a Bill intituled "An Ordinance to amend further the Estate Duty Ordin- ance, 1932, as amended by the Estate Duty Amendment Ordinance, 1936." The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a second time.

Council in Committee on the Bill.