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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 5, 1928.

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7. Larceny Amendment Bill and Magistrates Amendment Bill.-At the request of the Colonial Secretary, permission was granted for the postponement until a later meeting of the introduction of the following two bills which appeared on the agenda under the name of the Attorney General :-

'An Ordinance to amend the Larceny Ordinance, 1865."

"An Ordinance to amend the Magistrates Ordinance, 1890."

8. Appropriation Bill for 1929.-His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government and the Colonial Secretary having addressed the Council, the Colonial Secretary moved the First reading of a Bill intituled “An Ordinance to apply a sum not exceeding Nineteen million four hundred and seventy- eight thousand nine hundred and sixty-four Dollars to the Public Service of the year 1929.”

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

ADJOURNMENT.

9. The Council then adjourned until Thursday, the 4th day of October, 1928.

Confirmed this 4th day of October, 1928.

H. R. BUTTERS,

Deputy Clerk of Councils.

W. T. SOUTHORN, Officer Administering the Government.

No. 540.-His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has given his assent, in the name and on behalf of His Majesty the KING, to the following Ordi- nance passed by the Legislative Council:-

Ordinance No. 14 of 1928.—An Ordinance to apply a sum not exceeding Nine-

teen million four hundred and seventy-eight thousand nine hundred and sixty-four Dollars to the Public Service of the year 1929.