THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 22, 1916. 725
of allocation, namely, 1 Sister on each floor of A Block, and a separate Sister for the Operating Theatre; and
(ii) on what dates, between the said dates, One Sister alone has had to attend in the morning not only to the two floors in A Block but also to the Operating Theatre as well, that is to say, to do work which, under the above scheme of allocation, is supposed to be done by three Sisters.
3. What was the value of the drugs and disinfectants, consigned to the Hongkong Government,
which went down in the Yasaka Maru” in December, 1915?
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The Colonial Secretary replied.
His Excellency the Governor addressed the Council.
TRUSTEE AMENDMENT BILL.---The Attorney General moved the First reading of a Bill intituled An Ordinance to amend the Trustee Ordinance, 1901.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a first time.
The Attorney General moved the suspension of the Standing Orders so that the Bill might be read a second and third time.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
The Attorney General then addressed the Council and moved the Second reading of the Bill.
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.
APPROPRIATION BILL FOR 1917.-The Colonial Secretary moved the Second reading of the Bill intituled An Ordinance to apply a sum not exceeding Eight million six hundred and five thousand one hundred and five Dollars to the Public Service of the year 1917.
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Mr. POLLOCK, Mr. LAU CHU-PAK, Mr. WEI YCK, Mr. HOLYOAK, the Director of Public Works, the Colonial Secretary, and His Excellency the Governor addressed the Council.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a second time.
Council in Committee on the Bill.
On Council resuming, the Colonial Secretary reported that the Bill had passed through Committee without amendment and moved that it be read a third time.
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a third time and passed.
BILLS OF EXCHANGE BILL.--The Attorney General addressed the Council and moved the Second reading of the Bill intituled An Ordinance to make provision in connection with the present war with respect to Bills of Exchange payable outside the Colony.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
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