President : I have to report that the Public Property Insurance (Amendment)
 Bill has passed through the Committee stage without amendment.
 Honourable Crown Attorney: I move that the President's report be adopted.
 Honourable Coloirial Treasurer : I second the motion.
 Question-put and agreed to.
 Honourable Crown Attorney: I move that the Bill be read a third time by
 title and passed.
 Honourable Colonial Treasurer : I second the motion.
 Question put and agreed to.
 -Bill readva third time.
 President: I now call -upon the- Honourable Crown Attorney to move the
 second reading ot the Medical Officers (Amendment). Bill.
 Honorable Crown Attorney : I move that.a Bill for an Ordinance to amend
 the Medical Officers Ordinance Cap 114 be read a second time.
 Honourable Colonial Treasurer : I beg to second the motion.
 Question put and agreed to.
 Bill read a second time.
 Honourable Crown Attorney : I move that this Council resolve itself into a
 Committee of the whole Council to consider the Bill clause by clause.
 Honorable Colonial Treasurer : I beg to second the motion.
 Question put and agreed to.

 In Committee.
 Honourable O. D. Brisbane : your Honour you will remember that when this
 Bill came before Executive Council I objected to the amount of fees to be charged
 for these tests. I was of the opinion that they should be reduced by 50%. I
 believe it is stated in the Rules that it shall be in the power of a Medical Officer to
 reduce fees, and I suggest that the fees which I saw should be reduced by 50%.- I
 base this argument on the fact that when this question was considered with the
 estimates, collections were based on the fees being reduced. This is a new matter
 -we have never paid these fees in the past, and while some people can afford to'
 pay them, certain people cannot afford to do so. As I was not supported in my
 recommendation to Executive Council, I make the suggestion here now.
 I pee no fees attached to this Bill and I do not know whether this Council
 would want to know what those fees are, or if they will leave it to Executive
SCouncil or the Senior Medical Officer to make whatever fees they wish.
 President: Like the School Regulations, this Bill is only conferring on
 Executive Council the power to limit-the fees for these tests.
 Honourable Member for South Windward: I am suggesting an amendment
 to Clause 2. In these days when Members of Council are blamed for everything
 whether they know about it or not, I want to suggest that these fees be approved
 by Legislative Council. -
 Honourable Member for Kingstown : I suggest the following amendment
 Provided that certain other people be entitled to free tests."
 Honourable Crown Attorney: Clause 12A provides for -two different
 categories of free tests. It states that all labourers or persons entitled to free
 medical aid shall have these tests free of charge, and also that tests in the interest
 of public health should be free.
 'Honourable Member for Kingstown : Should we not restrict it to the earning
 capacity of people in some way?