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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH SEPTEMBER, 1873.
The Bill having gone through Committee, is adopted by the Council and passed,-bearing the Title of "An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legis lative Council thereof, to extend to the Colony certain Provisions of an Act of the Imperial Par- liament passed in the 22nd and 23rd Years of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Chapter Thirty-five, to amend the Law of Property in relation to. Covenants and Conditions in Leases,"-being “No. 11 of 1873."
Read a second time, a Bill to regulate and define the Practice of Barristers and Attorneys admitted and enrolled by the Supreme Court, and to amend the Law in relation thereto,—and it is ordered that Discussion thereon in Committee be postponed.
The Honorable the Chief Justice, as Chairman of the Special Committee appointed to examine into, and report upon the three Bills-to amend the Constitution and Civil Procedure of the Supreme Court, and to abolish the Court of Summary Jurisdiction,-presents those Bills as amended by the Special Committee, and explains the principal Judicial reforms contemplated by the pro- posed Legislation.
The Bills as amended, are received.
After which,-His Excellency adjourns the Council at half-past 4 o'clock, till to-morrow at 2.30 p.m.
A. E. KENNEDY,
Governor.
Read and confirmed, this 24th Day of September, 1873.
L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO,
Clerk of Councils.
VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF HONGKONG.
No. 19 of 1873.
WEDNESDAY, 24TH SEPTEMBER, 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 Max).
The Honorable PHINEAS RYRIE.
The Honorable RICHARD ROWETT.
The Honorable WILLIAM HASTINGS ALEXANDER.
The Honorable JAMES WHITTALL.
ABSENT:
The Honorable HENRY JOHN BALL,-absent on leave.
The Council mects this day at 2.30 P.M., pursuant to adjournment. The Minutes of the Council held yesterday, are read and confirmed.
His Excellency lays on the Table a Letter from Mr. MOORSOM, the late Surveyor General, of the 20th June 1879, accompanied by a Plan and Section of the proposed New Road from the Public Gardens to the Gap at Wongneichung,the formation of which has been before the Council since the passing of the Annual Estimates for 1864, but which has been from time to time postponed. His Excellency submits also a Report from the present Surveyor General, Mr. PRICE, on this work, generally approving the Plans of his Predecessor.
These Documents are read, and His Excellency desires an expression of the opinions of Honorable Members as to the expediency of commencing the Road,remarking at the same time that the work cannot be undertaken without the sanction of the Secretary of State being previously obtained. His Excellency considers that this Road would be a great public improvement, in consequence of the lower one being impassable for Horses and Car- riages from the general traffic that is carried across it at every hour of the day. His Excellency desires to leave the matter in the hands of the Members of Council, and to However, be guided by their opinions. The Estimate submitted by Mr. MOORSOM in 1870, just read, contemplates an Expenditure of $50,000.