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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25TH JULY, 1896.
7. Reports on the Hongkong Volunteer Corps.
8. Report on the Water Supply of the City of Victoria and Hill District.
9. Report on Plague.
10. The Acting Colonial Surgeon's Report for 1895.
11. Sanitary Superintendent's Report for the year 1895.
12. The Educational Report for 1895.
13. Registrar General's Report for 1895.
14. Amended Financial Returns for the year 1895.
15. Report of the Committee appointed to enquire into the question of Flogging in Victoria
Gaol.
16. Report of the Committee appointed to enquire into the condition of British Trade in
Hongkong.
17. The Blue Book for 1895.
FINANCIAL MINUTE.-His Excellency the Governor withdrew Financial Minute No. 3.
REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the report of the Finance Committee dated the 2nd April, 1896, (No. 2), and moved its adoption.
The Acting Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
REPORT OF THE LAW COMMITTEE.-The Acting Attorney General laid on the table the report of the Law Committee on the Registration of Births and Deaths Bill.
QUESTIONS. Mr. WHITEHEAD, pursuant to notice, asked the following questions :-
Has the attention of the Government been directed to the account in the "Daily Press" of 16th ultimo of the insanitary state of things during the recent fatal disease amongst the cattle at Pokfulam, and will the Government obtain from the Sanitary Board and the Government departments concerned and lay upon the table a complete and detailed statement of the actual position of matters from day to day, as well as a copy of the correspondence between the "Government and the Dairy Farm Co., Limited, together with the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon's reports for 1888 and 1889, also the report by the Hon. the Surveyor General, the Hon. O. Chadwick, and Mr. Ladds referred to in his (Mr. Ladds) report dated 12th January, 1891?
Will the Government inform the Council what steps have been taken or are proposed to be taken to secure the immediate services of a Veterinary Surgeon, and is it the intention of the Government to provide in future against the contingency of the Veterinary Surgeon going on leave?
Will the Government inform the Council the cause of delay in taking steps to obtain by public competition plans and designs for the proposed new Government offices, including the Post Office, the Supreme Court, &c., as directed some time ago by the Governor?
Does the Government intend to take any action for the reconstruction of the Sanitary Board in accordance with the opinion expressed by the British members of the community at the ballot taken on the 16th day of May last, the result of which was duly reported to the Government by Mr. N. J. Ede?
Will the Government lay upon the table a statement showing :--(1) the cost of the construction of the Gap Rock Lighthouse, and the cost of laying down the cable connecting Gap Rock with Hongkong; (2) the total cost of maintenance of the light and the cable to the 30th ultimo; and (3) the total proceeds of the special Gap Rock Lighthouse rate, imposed for the specific purpose of reimbursing the Government the cost of the Gap Rock light and the connecting cable, from the date it was levied to 30th ultimo?
The Colonial Secretary replied.
MOTION. Mr. WHITEHEAD, pursuant to notice, moved the following resolution:
That the Government lay upon the table copies of all letters or communications from the Governor or from any Officer of the Government addressed to the Senior Unofficial Member with a view to obtain from him and from his colleagues any expression of opinion on the subject of the Sanitary Board, copies of the correspondence between the Colonial Government and the
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