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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST APRIL, 1894.
Mr. WHITEHEAD moved that the words "for a further period of five years," be substituted for << until further notice."
The Attorney General seconded.
The motion as amended was then put and carried unanimously.
BILL ENTITLED
“AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE PREPARED OPIUM ORDINANCE, 1891.' -The Attorney General moved the first reading of the Bill.
The Registrar General seconded.
Mr. CHATER addressed the Council on the subject of the Bill.
Mr. WHITEHEAD addressed the Council.
Dr. Ho KAI addressed the Council.
The Attorney General addressed the Council.
Question-put and carried by 7 to 3.
Bill read a first time.
MOTION.--Mr. WHITEHEAD moved that the Standing Orders be suspended..
Question put and carried unanimously,
MOTION.--Mr. WHITEHEAD moved that the Opium Farmer be heard by Counsel before the Council at the second reading of the Bill.
Dr. Ho KAI seconded.
Question put and carried nem. con.
His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government directed that the Opium Farmer should be so informed.
ADJOURNMENT.-The Council then adjourned until Monday, the 16th instant, at 2.30 P.M.
Read and confirmed, this 16th day of April, 1894.
J. G. T. Buckle,
Acting Clerk of Councils.
G. T. M. OBRIEN,
Officer Administering the Government.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 146. ́
It is hereby notified that Her Majesty has not been advised to exercise her power of disallowance with respect to the following Ordinance :-
No. 14 of 1893, entitled-An Ordinance to apply a sum not exceeding Two Millions Three hundred and Forty-seven thousand, Four hundred and Eighty-one Dollars to the Public Service of the Year 1894.
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By Command,
G. T. M. OBrien,
Colonial Secretary.
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Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 18th April, 1894.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 147.
His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has given his assent, in the name and on behalf of the QUEEN, to the following Ordinance passed by the Legislative Council :--
Ordinance No. 4 of 1894.—An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend “The Prepared Opium Ordinance, 1891.”
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 17th April, 1894.
G. T. M. OBRIEN, Colonial Secretary.