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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20TH APRIL, 1872.
The Bill for the Branding and Punishment of Criminals in certain cases is brought forward for the
second reading, and its general merits and principle are discussed.
The Bill is then read a second time, and committed.
The Honorable the Acting Chief Justice moves that Section I be struck out.
The motion not being seconded, Section I, and the Sections following, are discussed and
agreed to.
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 Legislative Council thereof, to make Provision for the Branding and Punishment of Criminals in certain Cases,”-being “No. 4 of 1872."
His Excellency lays on the Table a Bill for the better Registration of Domestic Servants, and the same
is read a first time.
His Excellency having remarked that there is no further business before the Council,-
The Honorable PHINEAS RYRIE rises to call attention to the present Meeting of the Council being the last at which His Excellency would preside. On behalf of the Non-official Members he begged to express their thanks to His Excellency for the manner in which he had always listened to such observations as they had to make on matters of Public interest, and for the way in which the business of the Council had been in general conducted. They much regretted that His Excellency was leaving them, and hoped that on his arrival at home his health would be fully restored. With these few words he and his fellow-Members wished to bid His Excellency adieu and a pleasant passage homeward.
His Excellency the Governor in reply stated that it was impossible to take leave of the Council without regret. He was much obliged to Mr. RYRIE and the Non-official Members for their expressions of cordial feeling. It was a great satisfaction to him on leaving to remember that in the conduct of the administration, and in presiding over the Council, he had had such support from the Non-official Members.
Whatever might be said regarding his administration, it had enjoyed the sanction of those who were perhaps best entitled to represent the Community. He hoped the Council would continue to work well. Of the individual Members he should cherish an agreeable recollection, and trusted to meet them again, not here, but elsewhere. He now bade them Good-bye, and wished prosperity to the Colony, which he should long remember with deep interest.
His Excellency then adjourns the Council at a quarter to 7 o'clock.
Read and confirmed, this 16th Day of April, 1872.
L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO,
Clerk of Councils.
HENRY WASE WHITFEILD, Major-General, and Lieutenant-Governor.
No. 82.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified, that the Right Honorable the Secretary of State for the Colonies has been pleased to approve the appointment of the Honorable HENRY JOHN BALL to be Acting Chief Justice during the absence of the Honorable JOHN SMALE, and of the Honorable THOMAS CHILD HAYLLAR, Acting Attorney General, to act as Judge of the Summary Jurisdiction Court, in the place of the Honorable HENRY JOHN BALL.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 17th April, 1872.
No. 83.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
The following Hydrographic Notice defining the position of the "Hailoong Rocks," received from His Excellency Vice-Admiral SHADWELL, C.B., F.R.S., Naval Commander-in-Chief, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 17th April, 1872.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary,