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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
No. 32.
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VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 8TH AUGUST, 1896.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 5.
WEDNESDAY, 22ND JULY, 1896.
PRESENT:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR
(Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, K.C.M.G.).
The Honourable the Colonial Secretary and Registrar General. (JAMES HALDANE STEWART
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LOCKHART).
the Acting Attorney General, (HENRY Edward Pollock).
the Acting Colonial Treasurer, (Alexander MacDONALD THOMSON).
the Director of Public Works, (Francis Alfred Cooper).
the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY, R.N.).
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 adjournment.
The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 8th July, 1896, were read and confirmed. PAPERS.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following papers :-
1. Governor's Despatch on the Incipience and Progress of the Bubonic Plague in Hongkong
during 1896.
2. Despatches on the subject of the Military Contribution.
3. Reports on the question of Public Lighting of the City of Victoria, the Hill District, and
British Kowloon.
FINANCIAL MINUTES.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following Financial Minutes, (Nos. 4, 5 and 6), and moved that they be referred to the Finance Committee :--
C.S.O.
810 of 1806.
WILLIAM ROBINSON.
The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Ten thousand Dollars, ($10,000), for the erection of a Landing-stage at Kennedytown, in connection with the Sheep and Swine Depôts.
Government House, Hongkong, 16th July, 1896.