DROIT.
THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
No. 14.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 1ST APRIL, 1876.
VOL. XXII.
Νο. 4.
[L.S.] A. E. KENNEDY.
PROCLAMATION.
By His Excellency SIR ARTHUR EDWARD KENNEDY, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.
Whereas the Commands of Her Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN, conveyed through the Right Honourable The EARL OF CARNARVON, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, have been received, approving of and confirming the following Ordinance; namely:-
No. 16 of 1875, entitled-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend and consolidate the laws concerning the jurisdiction of Magistrates over indictable offences and for other purposes :
Now, therefore, it is hereby declared, that the said Ordinance has been so approved and confirmed, as aforesaid.
By His Excellency's Command,
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 27th Day of March, 1876.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF HONGKONG.
No. 3 OF 1876.
MONDAY, 6TH MARCH, 1876.
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PRESENT:
His Excellency Governor SIR ARTHUR EDWARD KENNEDY, K.C.M.G., C.B.
The IIonourable the Chief Justice (SIR JOHN SMALE).
The Honourable the Colonial Secretary (Joux GARDINER AUSTIN).
The Honourable the Attorney General (JOHN BRAMSTON).
The Honourable the Acting Colonial Treasurer (CHARLES MAY).
The Honourable PHINEAS RYRIE.
The Honourable WILLIAM KESWICK.
The Ilonourable HENRY Lowcock.
The Council meets this day at 2 P.M., pursuant to adjournment.
The Minutes of the last Meeting of Council held on Monday, the 28th February, are read and confirmed. The Honourable PHINEAS RYRIE then asks the following question, of which due notice had been given: "What steps have been taken to carry out the suggestion made some time ago by the Non- "Official Members to the effect that the trees on the Island should be placed under the charge "of the Surveyor General?"