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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 4, 1918.
SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATION BILL.-The Colonial Treasurer addressed the Council and moved the Second reading of the Bill intituled An Ordinance to authorize the Appropriation of a Supplementary Sum of Two million seven hundred and fifty-two thousand one hundred and fifty-two Dollars and fifty-eight Cents to defray the Charges of the
year 1917.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Mr. POLLOCK addressed the Council, and His Excellency the Governor, the Director of Public Works, and the Colonial Treasurer replied.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a second time.
Council in Committee on the Bill.
On Council resuming, the Colonial Treasurer 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.
COPYRIGHT BILL.-The Attorney General addressed the Council and moved the Second reading of the Bill intituled An Ordinance to modify and to add to the provisions of the Copyright Act, 1911, in its application to the Colony of Hongkong.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question put and agreed to.
Bill read a second time.
Council in Committee on the Bill.
On Council rosaming, 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.
ANGLO-PORTUGUESE COMMERCIAL TREATY BILL.--The Attorney General addressed the Council and moved the Second reading of the Bill intituled An Ordinance to repeal the Anglo-Portuguese Commercial Treaty Ordinance, 1917.
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.
ADJOURNMENT.—The Council then adjourned sine die.
CLAUD SEVERN,
Officer Administering the Government.
Confirmed this 3rd day of October, 1918.
A. D. BALL, Clerk of Councils.
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