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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22ND AUGUST, 1891.
BILL ENTITLED "THE MERCHANT SHIPPING CONSOLIDATION ORDINANCE, 1891."-The Acting Attorney General moved the first reading of the Bill.
The Acting Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a first time.
BILL ENTITLED
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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' PENSIONS Ordinance, 1890.”—The Council agreed to postpone further consideration of the Bill till next meeting.
BILL ENTITLED "THE OPIUM ORDINANCE, 1891."-The Council agreed to postpone further con- sideration of the Bill till next meeting.
BILL ENTITLED “ AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE SUNDAY CARGO-WORKING Ordinance, 1891.' The Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD moved the second reading of the Bill.
The Honourable Ho KAI seconded.
The Council divided when the motion was rejected by seven to two votes.
ADJOURNMENT.-The Council then adjourned till Monday, the 17th August, at 3 P.M.
Read and confirmed, this 17th day of August, 1891.
A. M. THOMSON,
Acting Clerk of Councils.
G. DIGBY BARKER,
Officer Administering the Government.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 358.
His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has been pleased to appoint Ù LAI ÜN, Esquire, to be a Member of the Sanitary Board under Section 4 of The Public Health Ordinance, 1887, vice WONG SHING, Esquire, who has resigned his seat.
By Command,
W. M. GOODMAN, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 17th August, 1891.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 359.
It is hereby notified that the Queen's Exequatur, empowering AUGUSTO JOSÉ DO ROZARIO, Esquire, to act as Vice-Consul for Mexico at Hongkong, received Her Majesty's signature on the 2nd July,
1891.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th August, 1891.
W. M. GOODMAN, Acting Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 360. The following Circular Despatch is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 21st August, 1891.
CIRCULAR.
W. M. GOODMAN, Acting Colonial Secretary.
DOWNING STREET,
7th July, 1891.
SIR,-I have the honour to inform you that the Portuguese Minister at this Court has given notice, on the part of his Government, to terminate the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between Great Britain and Portugal of the 3rd of July, 1842, and the Supplementary Convention of the 22nd of May, 1882. The Treaty and Convention will accordingly expire on the 22nd of June, 1892.
I have the honour to be,
The Officer Administering the Government of
Sir,
Your most obedient, humble Servant,
KNUTSFORD.
HONGKONG.