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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
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Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 5TH DECEMBER, 1896.
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No. 50.
VOL. XLII.
號十五第
日一初月一十年申丙 日五初月二十年六十九百八千一簿二十四第
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 6.
WEDNESDAY, 5TH AUGUST, 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).
the Acting Colonial Treasurer, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON).
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.
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JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVING.
The Council met pursuant to adjournment.
The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 22nd July, 1896, were read and confirmed. PAPERS.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following papers :
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1. Report of Committee appointed by His Excellency the Governor to enquire into and
report on the best organization for a College of Medicine for Hongkong.
2. Papers on the question of providing New Government Offices.
3. The Assessor's Report on the Assessment for 1896-97.
FINANCIAL MINUTES.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following Financial Minutes, (Nos. 7, 8, 9 and 10), and moved that they be referred to the Finance Committee :-
C.S.0.
(1798 of 1896.
WILLIAM ROBINSON.
The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Ten thousand Dollars, ($10,000), to cover the expenditure of the Tytam Water Works extension during the current year.
Government House, Hongkong, 31st July, 1896.