DROIT
THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
No. 18.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 3RD MAY, 1873.
VOL. XIX.
No. 4.
1.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 lionourable The Earl of KIMBERLEY, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, have been received, approving of and confirming the following Ordinance; namely:-
No. 14 of 1872, entitled--An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, for the temporary Detention of certain Foreign Offenders: 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 29th Day of April, 1873.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF HONGKONG.
No. 6 of 1873
THURSDAY, 24TH APRIL, 1873.
PRESENT:
His Excellency Governor SIR ARTHUR Edward KENNEDY, K.C.M.G., C.B.
The Honorable the Chief Justice (JOHN SMALE).
The Honorable the Acting Colonial Secretary (CECIL CLEMENTI SMITH). The Honorable the Attorney General (JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE).
The Honorable the Acting Treasurer (CHARLES Mar).
The Honorable HENRY JOHN Ball.
The Honorable PHINEAS RYRIE.
The Honorable RICHARD ROWETT.
The Honorable WILLIAM HASTINGS ALEXANDER.
The Honorable JAMES WHITTALL.
The Council meets this day at 2.30 P.M., pursuant to adjournment.
The Minutes of the Council held on the 21st April, are read and confirmed.
The Council resolves itself into Committee, and resumes the discussion and consideration of the Bill relating to Fittings of Chinese Emigrant Ships, which was amended at the last Meeting of the Council.