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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 6, 1919.
QUESTIONS. Mr. HOLYOAK, pursuant to notice, asked the following questions:-
1. Will the Government appoint a committee of experts to inquire into and report upon :---
(a.) The condition of the channel by which vessels enter the Harbour in order to
proceed to their buoys or to the existing wharves.
(b.) The efficiency, or otherwise, of the present Government dredger the "St. Enoch". (c.) The necessity, or otherwise, of at once ordering a modern dredging plant for
constant use in this Harbour.
2. Has the report and finding of the "Civil Service Salaries Commission" been sent in to the Government yet and, if so, will the Government lay it upon the table for the consideration of the Council?
The Colonial Secretary replied.
THE BRITISH TRADERS INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED (CAPITAL CONVERSION) BILL.-Mr. HOLYOAK moved the First reading of a Bill intituled An Ordinance to authorise the British Traders Insurance Company Limited to convert its silver capital into gold.
Mr. DODWELL seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a 'first time.
Mr. HOLYOAK moved the suspension of the Standing Orders so that the Bill might be read a second and third time.
Mr. DODWELL seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Mr. HOLYOAK then addressed the Council and moved the Second reading of the Bill. Mr. DoDWELL seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a second time.
Council in Committee on the Bill.
On Council resuming, Mr. HoLYOAK reported that the Bill had passed through Committee without amendment and moved that it be read a third time.
Mr. DODWELL seconded.
Question--put and agreed to.
Bill read a third time and passed.
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.-His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government addressed the Council and proposed that the course of answering certain questions in writing and publishing the replies be adopted.
The Council agreed.
ADJOURNMENT. - The Council then adjourned sine die.
Confirmed this 5th day of June, 1919.
A. D. BALL,
Clerk of Councils.
CLAUD SEVERN,
Officer Administering the Government.
No. 253. 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. 6 of 1919.—An Ordinance to authorise the Bank of Canton
Limited to convert its silver capital into gold.
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