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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22ND DECEMBER, 1894.
BILL ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE TO SECURE, IN CERTAIN CASES, THE RIGHTS OF PROPERTY IN TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGES."--Mr. MCCONACHIE moved the second reading of the Bill, and addressed the Council.
Mr. KESWICK seconded.
Question-put and agreed to..
Bill read a second time.
Council in Committee on the Bill.
ADIOURNMENT.-His Excellency the Governor adjourned the Council until Monday, the 17th December, 1894, at 3 P.M.
Read and confirmed, this 17th day of December, 1894.
J. G. T. BUCKLE,
Acting Clerk of Councils.
WILLIAM ROBINSON,
Governor.
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 13.
MONDAY, 17TH DECEMBER, 1894.
PRESENT:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR
(Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, K.C.M.G.).
The Honourable the Acting Colonial Secretary and Registrar General, (JAMES HALDANE
STEWART LOCKHART).
the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGII GOODMAN).
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the Colonial Treasurer, (NORMAN GILBERT MITCHELL-INNES.)
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the Director, of Public Works, (FRANCIS ALFRED COOPER).
the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY, R.N.).
CATCHICK PAUL CHATER.
JAMES JOHNSTONE KESWICK.
Ho KAI, M.B., C.M.
EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G.
ALEXANDER MCCONACHIE.
The Council met pursuant to adjournment. (The hour of Meeting having been changed from 3 P.M. to 2.30 P.M. by command of His Excellency the Governor.)
The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 12th instant, were read and confirmed.
REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.--The Acting Colonial Secretary by command of His Excellency the Governor laid on the table the report of the Finance Committee dated 12th December, 1894, (No. 3 of 1894), and moved that it be adopted.
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
BILL ENTITLED (4
AN ORDINANCE TO APPLY A SUM NOT EXCEEDING TWO MILLIONS FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED AND ONE DOLLARS TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE OF THE YEAR 1895."—Council in Committee on the Bill.
The Acting Colonial Secretary moved the amendments of the several items in the Bill recom- mended by the Finance Committee.
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Dr. Ho KAI moved that the item of $396,000 for Military Expenditure be omitted from the Bill. Mr. BELILIOS seconded.