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funds of the Colony for the service of the year 1921, and the said sum so charged may be expended as hereinafter specified, that is to say :-

EXPENDITURE.

Governor,

80,760

Cadet Service,

252,440

Colonial Secretary's Department and Legislature,

49,558

Do.,

Special Expenditure, -

400

Secretariat for Chinese Affairs,

19,904

Audit Department,

45,992

Treasury,

55,280

Do., Special Expenditure,

200

Harbour Master's Department,

239,421

1

Do.,

Special Expenditure,

12,000

Imports and Exports Department,

845,843

Royal Observatory,

29,705

Do.,

Special Expenditure,

2,100

Miscellaneous Services,

633,442

Do.,

Special Expenditure,

15,000

Judicial and Legal Departments,

254,767

Do.,

Special Expenditure,

180

Police and Prison De partments,

1,672,918

Do.,

Special Expenditure, -

42,795

Medical Department,

368,094

Do.,

Special Expenditure,

700

Sanitary Department,

-

504,500

Do.,

Botanical and Forestry Department,

Special Expenditure,

58,650

61,394

Education,

605,073

Do.,

Special Expenditure,

181,580

Volunteer Defence Corps,

38,359

Public Works Department,

632,060

Do.,

Special Expenditure," -

450

Public Works, Recurrent,

840,600

Public Works, Extraordinary,

4,967,400

Pensions,

Post Office,

Kowloon-Canton Railway,

Special Expenditure,

Charitable Services,

292,817

515,998

382,310

312,900

66,572

Total,

A BILL

$14,084,662

INTITULED

An Ordinance to provide for the protection of

trees, shrubs and other plants.

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

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1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Plants Ordi- Short title. nance, 1920.

2. (1.) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council Power to to make such regulations as he shall think expedient make regula- for the purpose of protecting trees, shrubs, and other tions. plants from destruction, injury, or removal.

(2.) In any such regulations the onus of proof may be thrown upon the defendant in any case in which the Governor in Council may think proper.

(3.) All regulations made under this Ordinance shall be laid on the table of the Legislative Council at the first meeting thereof held after the publication in the Gazette of the making of such regulations, and if a resolution be passed at the first meeting of the Legisla- tive Council held after such regulations have been laid on the table of the said Council resolving that any such

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