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No. 11.
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VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 14TH MARCH, 1896.
日一初月二年申丙 日四十月三年六十九百八千一
VOL. XLII.
簿二十四第
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 1.
TUESDAY, 11TH FEBRUARY, 1896.
PRESENT:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR
(Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, K.C.M.G.).
The Honourable the Colonial Secretary and Registrar General, (JAMES HALDANE STEWART
LOCKHART).
the Acting Attorney General, (HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK).
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the Acting Colonial Treasurer, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON).
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the Director of Public Works, (FRANCIS ALFRED COOPER).
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the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY, R.N.).
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the Acting Captain Superintendent of Police, (WILLIAM CHARLES HOLLAND
HASTINGS, R.N.).
CATCHICK PAUL CHATER.
HO KAI, M.B., C.M.
THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.
EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G.
JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVING.
The Council met pursuant to summons.
The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 14th December, 1895, were read and confirmed. NEW MEMBER.Mr. POLLOCK, Acting Attorney General, took the Oath of Allegiance on his appointment ex-officio to a seat in the Council.
PAPERS.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following papers :-
1. Report on the Widows' and Orphans' Fund for 1895.
2. Report of the Acting Superintendent Fire Brigade for 1895.
3. Reports of the Head Master of Queen's College and of the Examiners appointed by the
Governing Body for 1895.
4. Report of the Acting Superintendent Victoria Gaol for 1895.
5. Amended Statement of Assets and Liabilities for 1894.
6. Amended Statement of Revenue and Expenditure for 1894.
FINANCIAL MINUTE.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following Financial Minute, and moved that it be referred to the Finance Committee:
C.3.0.
3269 of 1895.
WILLIAM ROBINSON.
The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Seven thousand Dollars, ($7,000), for the construction of a new Steam Launch for the Health Officer of the Port.
Government House, Hongkong, 24th January, 1896.