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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 25, 1929.

Sir HENRY POLLOCK addressed the Council in Committee and moved That the item of $3,840,750, for Public Works Extraordinary be reduced to $3,640,750, by the omission from it of the sum of $200,000 for the proposed road to Sai Kung in the Estimates for 1930, being item 110 on page 88 of these Estimates".

Mr. W. E. L. SHENTON Seconded.

On the amendment being put to the vote it was declared lost.

Ten members

voted against and seven, Sir HENRY POLLOCK, Sir SHOUSON CHOw, Mr. R. H. KOTEWALL, Mr. A. C. HYNES, Mr. W. E. L. SHENTON, Mr. . W. Ts'o and Mr. B. D. F. BEITH, for the amendment.

On the item of $25,433 for the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Sir HENRY POLLOCK stated that all the Unofficial Members objected to this vote and asked that that objection be recorded.

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.

His Excellency the Governor thanked the Members of Council for the provision

they had made for the financial working of next year.

9. The Council resumed debate on the motion by the Colonial Secretary on 5th

September, 1929.

The Hon. Sir HENRY E. POLLOCK, Kt., K.C.-The unofficial members are pre-

pared to accept these motions.

10. His Excellency the Governor-Then I will put it to the Council that the first

motion be adopted :

(a). That this Council approves the construction of the works connected with the Shing Mun Valley Water Supply Scheme as set out in Appendix VI (a), Head 1, Sub-Head I, of the draft estimates of expenditure for 1930 at an estimated cost of $4,158,509.40.

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(6) That this Council approves of a sum of $3,500,000 out of the said sum of $4,158,509.40 being charged to the Public Works (1927) Loan, and further sanctions the expenditure of $2,221,876.42 actually incurred up to the 31st December, 1928, the expenditure of $1,182,274.19 estimated to be incurred during the financial year 1929 and the expen- diture of $95,819.39 estimated to be incurred during the financial year 1930, which three last mentioned sums amount in all to the aforesaid sum of $3,500,000.

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(e) That this Council approves the expenditure of a further sum

$579,150.61 on the said Shing Mun Valley Water Supply Scheme during the financial year 1930, which sum shall be met from a further loan and shall meanwhile be charged as an advance from the surplus balances of the Colony.

The motion was carried.

11. His Excellency the Governor-I put it to the Council that the second motion be

adopted:

That this Council approves the expenditure of a sum of $419,771.26 on Harbour Development as set out in Appendix VI (a), Head 2, Sub-head 1, of the draft Estimates of Expenditure for the year 1930 and authorizes

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