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No. 22.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 17TH MAY, 1890.
VOL. XXXVI.
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簿六十三第
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 12.
FRIDAY, 9TH MAY, 1890.
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PRESENT:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE OFFICER ADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT (The Honourable FRANCIS FLEMING, C.M.G.)
The Honourable the Acting Colonial Secretary, (WALTER MEREDITH DEANE).
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the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).
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the Surveyor General, (SAMUEL BROWN).
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the Acting Registrar General, (NORMAN GILBERT MITCHELL-INNES). PHINEAS RYRIE.
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ALEXANDER PALMER MACEWEN.
CATCHICK PAUL CHATER.
JAMES JOHNSTONE KESWICK.
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Ho KAI, M.B., C.M.
ABSENT:
The Honourable the Colonial Treasurer, ( ALFRED LISTER), on account of sickness.
The Council met pursuant to adjournment.
The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 5th instant, were read and confirmed.
NEW MEMBER.-His Excellency addressed the Council respecting the appointment of Mr. J. J. KESWICK as a Member of the Council in the place of Mr. Jonx BELL-IRVING who has resigned his seat. Mr. J. J. KESWICK was then duly sworn in and took his seat as a Member of the Council.
REPORTS. The Acting Colonial Secretary laid on the table the following reports:-Return of Superior and Subordinate Courts for 1889, and Annual Report of the Head Master of the Victoria College for 1889.
Read the following Minutes under the hand of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government :---
C.8.0. 2959 of 1889.
F. FLEMING.
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The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote the sum of Six thousand Dollars, ($6,000) for the improvement of the piece of land known as the "Chinese Recreation Ground," Possession Point, viz. :-
For the clearing, levelling and surfacing of the ground, and constructing stalls
and side channels.
Government House, Hongkong, 1st May, 1890,