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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH JULY, 1898.

Objects and Reasons,

In Mr. CHADWICK's Report of 8th July, 1890, he pointed out the defects in section 74 of Ordinance 15 of 1889. The matter was considered in Executive Council and, eventual- ly, Government Notification, No. 369 of 1890, was publish- ed in the Gazette of 6th September, 1890, intimating that, in future, no permits under section 74, would be granted to the public for conuecting house-drains with the Govern- ment sewers and that such connections would be made, in accordance with the regulations, on receipt of an applica- tion addressed to the Resident Engineer. Oue defect in the Ordinance being thus, for practical purposes. remedied, the proper course would have been to have amended the Building Ordinance, 1889, so as to make it in conformity with the new system. Apparently, however, the necessity of this was, at the time, overlooked and section 74 has, accordingly, now been amended in the spirit of Mr. Chad- WICK'S recommendation.

W. MEIGH GOODMAN, Attorney General,

745

A BILL

ENTITLED,

An Ordinance to authorise the Appropriation of a Supplementary Sum of Three hundred and Sixty-eight thousand, Eight hundred and Sixty-nine Dollars and Ninety-three Cents, to defray the Charges of the Year 1897.

WHEREAS it has become necessary to make further pro- vision for the public service of the Colony for the year 1897, in addition to the charge upon the revenue and other funds of the Colony for the service of the said year already provided for: Be if enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

1. A sum of Three hundred and Sixty-eight thousand, Eight hundred and Sixty-uine Dollars and Ninety-three Cents, is hereby charged upon the revenue and other funds of the Colony for the service of the year 1897, the said sum so charged being expended as hereinafter specified; that is to say :-

Charge on Account of Public Debt,

Pensions,

Governor and Legislature,

Audit Department,

Cbservatory,

Botanical and Afforestation Department,

Legal Departments,

Medical Departinents,-

Magistracy,

Police,

$11,490.70

11,824.22

1,340 94

2,103.80

1,687.99

164 41

3,214.20

16,721.80

1,430.51

2,008.32

Sanitary Department,-

Transport,-

Miscellaneous Services,

Military Expenditure,

40.40

4,712.86

170,658.81

4,490.79

Public Works Recurrent,

18,978.56

Ordinary Expenditure,

$253,868.31

Extraordinary Public Works, “

115,001.62

Total,

$368,869.93