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The Bill fourthly provides a slight modification of the circumstances under which during the continuance of any. Proclamation issued under the provisions of the Peace Proservation Ordinance, 1886, it may be possible to effect the deportation of undesirable persons; the chief alterations being that whereas in the old Ordinance the grounds for such deportation were confined to the necessity for the public safety, the reasons in the present Bill include also the condition that it may be either desirable for the public safety or in the interests of the peace or good order of the Colony; some definition is also made as to the channel of com- munication in this connection between the Governor-in- Council and the complainants.

Sectious 3 and 7 of the Bill remove certain doubts which have been expressed as to the power to fix life periods of deportation.

Section 4 introduces a modification which is mainly necessitated by the alteration of the procedure in clause 2 of the Bill.

Section 5 of the Bill enlarges the number of the Officers by whom may be duly signed or certified the formal orders of deportation, the necessity for this enlargement having been found to arise not infrequently in practice.

Section 6 of the Bill makes the requisite alterations in the Forms of Warrant and Examination necessitated by the re-arrangement of procedure dealt with in section 3 of the

Bill.

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JOHN A. BUCKNILL, Attorney General.

A BILL

ENTITLED

An Ordinanɔe to authorize the Appropriation of a Supplementary Sum of Thirty thousand six hundred and nine Dollars and fifty-seven Cents, to defray the Charges of the Year

1912.

WHEREAS it has become necessary to make further pro- vision for the public service of the Colony for the year 1912, in addition to the charge upon the revenue of the Colony for the service of the said year already provided for :

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

A sum of Thirty thousand six hundred and nine Dollars and fifty-seven Cents, is hereby charged upon the revenue of the Colony for the service of the year 1912, the said sum so charged being expended as hereinafter specified; that is to say :-

Miscellaneous Services, Publie Works, Recurrent,

$12,054.04 18,536.44

19.09

Total,

$30,609.57

Charitable Services,