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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
No. 16.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 18TH APRIL, 1874.
VOL. XX.
No. 6.
[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 Ordinances; namely:-
No. 9 of 1873, entitled,-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to apply a Sum not exceeding Six hundred and Seventy- two thousand Dollars to the Public Service of the Year 1874;
No. 17 of 1873, entitled,—An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to establish Light-houses, Buoys, or Beacons within the Colony:
Now, therefore, it is hereby declared, that the said Ordinances have been so approved and confirmed, as aforesaid.
By His Excellency's Command,
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 18th Day of April, 1874.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF HONGKONG.
No. 3 OF 1874.
THURSDAY, 9TH APRIL, 1874.
PRESENT:
His Excellency Governor SIR ARTHUR EDWARD Kennedy, K.C.M.G., C.B.
The Honorable the Chief Justice (JOHN SMALE).
The Honorable the Colonial Secretary (JOHN GARDINER AUSTIN).
The Honorable the Acting Attorney General (THOMAS CHILD HAYLLAR). The Honorable the Acting Treasurer (CHARLES MAY).
The Honorable PHINEAS RYRIE.
The Honorable RICHARD ROWETT.
The Honorable WILLIAM HASTINGS ALEXANDER.
ABSENT:
The Honorable JAMES WHITTALL,-absent on leave.
The Council meets this day at 2.30 P.M., by special Summons.
The Minutes of the Council held on the 5th March, are read and confirmed.