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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

No. S. 127. The following Bills were read a first time at a Meeting of the Council held on the 25th May, 1917:-

A BILL

INTITULED

An Ordinance to authorize the Appropriation of a Supplementary Sum of Two hundred and ninety-one thousand two hundred and seventy- three Dollars and ninety-seven Cents to defray the Charges of the year 1916.

WHEREAS it has become necessary to make further pro- vision for the public service of the Colony for the year 1916, 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 Two hundred and ninety-one thousand two hundred and seventy-three Dollars and ninety-seven Cents is hereby charged upon the revenue of the Colony for the service of the year 1916, the said sum so charged being expended as hereinafter specified; that is to say :--

Harbour Department,

Miscellaneous Services,

$ 41,595.94

205,205.52

Total,

44,472.51

.$291,273.97

Public Works Recurrent,

A BILL

Short title.

Penalties for false state- ments, &e.

6 & 7 Geo.

INTITULED

An Ordinance to amend the law relating to trading with the enemy and the export of prohibited goods.

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

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Trading with the Enemy and Export of Prohibited Goods Ordinance,

1917.

2. If, for the purpose of obtaining any permit, licence, authority, or approval for any transaction or matter under or in connection with any Proclamation or Ordinance relating to trading with the enemy, or for the purpose of ă, e. 52, s. 1. obtaining a permit or licence to export any goods the exportation of which without a permit or licence is pro- hibited by or under any Proclamation or Ordinance or Order in Council, any person—

() makes or presents any declaration or statement or representation which is false in any material particular; or

or

(4) produces a guarantee, certificate, or undertaking

which is false in any material particular, has not been given by the person by whom it purports to have been given, or which has been in any way altered or tampered with ;