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6. If so, has any reply been sent thereto? If not, why not?

7. Is the Government aware that the President of the Sanitary Board stated at the Board on the 19th instant that no answer had been received to that letter, but that the report had been laid on the table and was accessible to the Press if they wanted it?. 8. Does the Government propose to print and circulate Dr. Pearse's report in terms of the resolution? Or is it true, us rumoured, that the report has been withdrawn from circulation and that the information which has been placed at the disposal of "the Chinese will not be available for European land owners?

9. Does the Government approve of the request of the Chairman that the Europeans

should leave the meeting of land owners above referred to?

10. Will the Government instruct the Government Printers to print a larger number of

copies of Ordinances, as it appears that the Passenger Act (No. 1 of 1889) Chinese Emigration Consolidation Ordinance is now out of print and cannot be supplied?

NEW TERRITORIES RENT RECOVERY AMENDMENT BILL.-The Attorney General moved the first reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend The New Territories Rent Recovery Ordinance.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

HOLIDAYS AMENDMENT BILL.-The Attorney General moved the first reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend The Holidays Ordinance, 1875, (No. 6 of 1875).

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

FOREIGN MARRIAGE BILL.-The Attorney General moved the first reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance to give effect to an Order in Council made by His Majesty the King on the 12th day of March, 1903, relating to the Marriages of British Subjects in Foreign Countries.

The Colonial Secretary seconded..

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY BILL.-The Attorney General moved the first reading of a Bill entitled Au Ordinance to authorize and regulate the establishment and use of installations for the purpose of Wireless Telegraphy.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

MALAY STATES (FUGITIVE CRIMINALS) SURRENDER BILL.-The Attorney General moved the first reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend The Malay States (Fugitive Criminals) Surrender Ordinance, 1903.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

STOWAWAYS BILL.-The Attorney General addressed the Council, and moved the second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to provide for the more effectual prevention of frauds on owners and charterers of ships by stowaways, their aiders and abettors.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a second time.

Council in Committee on the Bill.

Council resumed, and Bill reported without amendment. The Attorney General moved the third reading of the Bill.