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VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 3RD DECEMBER, 1887.
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VOL. XXXIII.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 2.
WEDNESDAY, 16TH NOVEMBER, 1887.
PRESENT:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR
(SIR G. WILLIAM DES VEUX, K.C.M.G.)
His Honour the Acting Chief Justice (JAMES RUSSELL), vice His Honour SIR GEORGE
PHILLIPPO, Kut., on leave.
The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (FREDERICK STEWART).
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the Acting Attorney General, (EDWARD JAMES ACKROYD) vice the Honour-
able EDWARD LOUGHLIN O'MALLEY, on leave.
the Colonial Treasurer, (ALFRED LISTER).
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the Surveyor General, (JOHN MACNEILE PRICE).
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HENRY GEORGE THOMSETT, K.N.
WONG SHING.
CATCHICK PAUL CHATER, (vice the Honourable FREDERICK DAVID SASSOON,
on leave).
ALEXANDER PALMER MACEWEN.
JOHN BELL-IRVING.
ABSENT:
The Honourable PHINEAS RYRIE, (by leave).
The Council met pursuant to notice.
The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 2nd instant, were read and confirmed.
Message from HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR.-Read the following message from His Excel- lency the Governor :—
16th November, 1887.
HONOURABLE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL,-I have had the honour to cause to be laid on the table of the Legislative Council the Estimates of revenue and expenditure for 1888, and I would request your special attention to them, inasmuch as after so short a residence in the Colony, my views as to the items appearing therein, and as to the omission of others, which have been proposed, may very possibly be modified under the light of your local experience.
The report of the Honourable the Colonial Secretary and Auditor General on these Estimates deals generally with their contents. More specific explanation will be given orally in Council to those Members who desire it.