118 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH FEBRUARY, 1897.
QUESTIONS. Mr. WHITEHEAD, pursuant to notice, asked the following questions:-
Will the Government lay upon the table an estimate as to the probable total cost of doing what is necessary to be done to the resumed area of Taipingshan before the lots can be put up to auction, and state the further probable time required to overtake the work?
In view of the present Opium Farm expiring in the spring of 1898, will the Government appoint a commission with full powers to investigate and report on the opium revenue generally, and upon the advisability or otherwise of substituting for the present Opium Farm bonded warehouses and a fixed duty on all opium not bonâ fide exported in a raw state?
The Colonial Secretary replied.
RESOLUTION. Mr. WHITEHEAD gave notice that at the next meeting he would move the following resolution:-
That, whereas the Special Gap Rock Light Dues were imposed for the sole purpose of raising the monies required for the construction of the said lighthouse, and the Government are pledged to their abolition as soon as the requisite amount had been raised, and whereas it appears that a sum of about $42,000 in excess of the amount required has already been received– Resolved that in the opinion of this Council the Special Gap Rock Light Dues should no longer be levied.
BILL ENTITLED (6
AN ORDINANCE TO FURTHER AMEND THE Medical Registration Ordinance, 1884."-The Attorney General moved the first reading of the Bill.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a first time.
BILL ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND CONSOLIDATE THE LAW RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS.". -The Attorney General moved the first reading of the Bill.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a first time.
BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANce to approprIATE A SUM EQUIVALENT TO SEVENTEEN and a half PER CENTUM OF THE COLONIAL REVENUES AS A CONTRIBUTION FOR THE DEFENCE OF THE COLONY."- The Attorney General moved the third reading of the Bill.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Mr. WHITEHEAD moved that the third reading of the Bill be postponed and addressed the Council. Mr. CHATER seconded.
Council divided-
For the amendment.
Honourable WEI YUK.
E. R. BELILIOS.
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T. H. WHITehead.
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C. P. CHATER.
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Against the amendment.
The Captain Superintendent of Police. The Harbour Master.
The Director of Public Works.
The Acting Colonial Treasurer.
The Attorney General.
The Colonial Secretary.
His Excellency Major-General BLACK.
Amendment lost by a majority of seven votes to five.
Bill read a third time.
Question put-that this Bill do pass.
Bill passed.
BILL ENTITLED CC AN ORDINANCE TO APPLY A SUM NOT EXCEEDING TWO MILLIONS THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE DOLLARS TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE OF THE YEAR 1897.”—Council in Committee on the Bill.
Council resumed and Bill reported without amendment.
The Colonial Secretary moved the third reading of the Bill.
The Acting Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a third time.
Question put-that this Bill do pass.
Bill passed.
ADJOURNMENT.The Council then adjourned until Monday, the 21st December, 1896, at 3 P.M.
Read and confirmed this 25th day of February, 1897.
F. J. BADELEY,
Acting Clerk of Councils.
WILLIAM ROBINSON,
Governor.
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