§ MR. WEIR (ROSS and Cromarty)To ask the Postmaster General, as representing the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in view of the fact that some time since Mr. Osbert Chadwick, C. M. G., and Professor Simpson, M. D., were deputed to visit Hong Kong for the purpose of inquiring into the sanitary condition of the colony, will he state whether it is proposed to introduce legislative measures to consolidate and 1224 amend the Health and Building Ordinances at present in force in the colony.
(Answered by Mr. Austen Chamberlain, for the Secretary of State for the Colonies.) A Bill to consolidate and amend the laws relating to public health and buildings has been recently under consideration in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, and will no doubt be submitted very soon for sanction.