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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 27, 1928.

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Regulations made by the Governor in Council under section 4 of the Dangerous

Drugs Ordinance, 1923, on 12th April, 1928.

Regulations made by the Governor in Council under section 3 of the Watchmen

Ordinance, 1928, on 12th April, 1928.

Administration Reports, 1927 :-

Part I.-General Administration:-

Report of the Director of the Royal Observatory, Hong Kong.

Part II.-Law and Order :----

Report of the Police Magistrates' Courts.

Report of the Superintendent of Prisons.

Part III.-Public Health :-

Report on the Botanical and Forestry Department.

REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

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

(No. 4), dated 5th April, 1928, and moved it adoption.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

QUESTIONS.

5. The Hon. Sir HENRY E. POLLOCK, Kt., K.C., pursuant to notice, asked the follow-

ing questions:-

1. Will the Government consider the advisability of making representa- tions to the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies with reference to the constitution of this Council being amended in order to permit of Kowloon being represented on this Council?

2. If the construction of a public pier at the end of Nathan Road is impracticable, will the Government favourably consider the erection of a public pier at the end of Jordan Road?

3. Will the Government state what steps it is prepared to take in order to meet the desires of the Kowloon Residents' Association in regard to the improvement of traffic regulation in the vicinity of the Star Ferry Wharf at Kowloon?

4. With a view to the increase of public bathing facilities in the Colony,

will the Government

(i) Put up additional bathing cubicles, and pavilion accom-

modation, for the use of the public, at Repulse Bay?

(ii) Put up bathing cubicles, and a pavilion, for the use of the public, at the Bay near Stanley where private bath- ing matsheds have already been erected?

5. Will the Government, (in accordance with the recommendations of the Bathing Beaches Committee contained in Sessional Paper No. 12 of 1926), expend a sum, then estimated at $7,115, with an annual wages bill for boatmen and coolies of $560 for the season, in pro- viding bathing cubicles, a shelter or pavilion, sanitary conveniences, boats, buoys, rafts, fresh water, etc., at Ch'eung Sha Bay, which is on the motor road a few miles nearer to Kowloon than Castle Peak Bay?

6. Will the Government take steps to enable the residents of Kowloon Tong to have a sufficient water-supply for the flush closet system, which system has been installed in their houses in accordance with the original building scheme?