THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 1, 1911.
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LAW AMENDMENT BILL.--The Attorney General moved that the Council resolve itself into a Committee of the whole Council to consider the Bill entitled An Ordinance for further promoting the Revision of the Law by amending certain errors contained in, as well as the language used in, the Ordinances now in force.
The Colonial Secretary seconded. Question-put and agreed to.
Council in Committee on the Bill.
On Council resuming, the Attorney General reported that the Bill had passed through Committee without amendment and moved that it be read a third time.
The Colonial Secretary seconded. Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a third time and passed.
UNION CHURCH INCORPORATION BILL.-The Second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance for the Incorporation of the Trustees of the Union Church at Victoria in this Colony, was not proceeded with.
REGISTERED PARTNERSHIPS BILL.-The Attorney General moved that the Council resolve itself into a Committee of the whole Council to consider the Bill entitled An Ordin- ance to establish Registered Partnerships and to give effect to certain Chinese Partnership Customs.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Council in Committee on the Bill.
Council resumed, the Bill being left in Committee.
ADJOURNMENT. The Council then adjourned until Thursday, the 30th November, 1911.
Read and confirmed this 30th day of November, 1911.
R. H. CROFTON,
Clerk of Counci's,
F. D. LUGARD, Governor.
No. 372.-His Excellency the Governor has given his assent, in the name and on behalf of His Majesty the King, to the following Ordinances passed by the Legislative Council :---
Ordinance No. 48 of 1911.--An Ordinance to amend the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, and certain Ordinances amend-
ing the same.
Ordinance No. 49 of 1911.--An Ordinance for promoting the General Revision of
the Law by repealing certain enactments which ceased to be in force or have become unnecessary, by amending certain other enactments which stand in urgent need thereof, and by incorporat- ing certain amending Ordinances in their res- pective principal Ordinances.
Ordinance No. 50 of 1911.-An Ordinance for further promoting the Revision of the Law by repealing certain parts of enactments which have ceased to be in force or have become
unnecessary.
Ordinance No. 51 of 1911.--An Ordinance for further promoting the Revision of
the Law by amending certain errors contained
in, as well as the language used in, the Ordin- ance now in force.