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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 15th October, 1908, and moved its adoption.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

RESOLUTION. The Colonial Secretary addressed the Council and moved the following Resolution :-

Whereas application has been duly made by the Sanitary Board to the Governor under Section 167 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance 1903 for the erection of a Public Latrine in the Wong Nei Chung village immediately to the South of it and near House No. 113; And Whereas such application having been approved by the Governor and a notification of the intention to erect a public latrine upon such site having been duly published in three successive numbers of the Gazette, certain inhabitants of the above village have objected to such erection ; And Whereas the objections so made have been considered by this Council;

It is hereby resolved by this Council that the above mentioned site and the erection

thereon of a Public Latrine be approved.

The Director of Public Works seconded.

The Resolution was carried unanimously.

SANITARY BYE-LAWS.-The Colonial Secretary moved the approval of the following Bye-laws made by the Sanitary Board under Section 16 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903, with the exception of (a.), (d.) and (h.), the consideration of which was postponed':-

(a.) Bake-houses.

(b.) Cattle-sheds, Pig-sties, etc.

(c.) Cemeteries.

(d.) Dairy.

(e.) Depôts for Cattle, Pigs, Sheep and Goats.

(.) Disinfection of Infected Premises.

(g.) Domestic Cleanliness and Ventilation.

(h.) Importation and Inspection of Animals.

(i.) Latrines.

(j.) Laundry.

(4.) Prevention and Mitigation of Epidemic, Endemic, Contagious or Infectious

Disease.

(1) Prevention of the breeding of Mosquitoes.

(m.) Removal of Ceiling and Stair Linings.

(n.) Removal of Patients.

The Director of Public Works seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

BUILDING COLLAPSE. Dr. Ho KAI, pursuant to notice, asked the following Ques-

tion :-

Will the Honourable the Attorney General state whether he has any objection to give the reasons which governed him in not filing an indictment for manslaughter at the last Sessions in the Portland Street Building Collapse Case?

The Attorney General replied.

NEW TERRITORIES SMALL DEBTS COURT BILL.The Attorney General moved the First reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance to empower a Magistrate to hold a Small Debt Court in the New Territories and to regulate the proceedings in relation thereto.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question--put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.