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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
N». 35. ·
3. 9.
Dubufsbet by matkovita.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 27TH AUGUST, 1870.
L.S.] HENRY WASE WHITFEILD.
PROCLAMATION.
VOL. XVI.
By His Excellency HENRY WASE WHITFEILD, Major-General Commanding Her Majesty's Troops in China and Japan, and Lieutenant-Governor of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies.
Whereas the Commands of Her Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN, conveyed through The Right Honorable Earl Granville, K.G., Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, have i cen received, approving of and confirming the following Ordinance; namely:-.
No. 4 of 1870, entitled-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to make further Regulations respecting Chinese Passenger Ships :---
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 24th Day of August, 1870.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretarÿ.
VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF HONGKONG.
No. 6 or 1870.
FRIDAY, 19TH AUGUST, 1870. PRESENT:
His Excellency Major-General WHITFEILD, Lieutenant-Governor.
The Honorable the Chief Justice, (JOHN SMALE.)
The Honorable the Colonial Secretary, (Jons GARDINER AUSTIN.)
The Honorable the Attorney General, (JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE.)
The Honorable the Colonial Treasurer, (FREDERICK II. A. Forти.)
The Honorable HUGH BOLD GIBB.
The IIonorable PHINEAS RYRIE.
The Honorable WILLIAM KESWICK,
The Honorable RICHARD ROWETT.
ABSENT:
The Honorable the Auditor General, (WILLIAM H. RENNIE), absent ou leave.
The Council meets this day at 3 P.M., pursuant to adjournment.
The Minutes of the Council held' yesterday, are read and confirmed.
The Bill respecting the Liabilities of Innkeepers is laid on the Table for Second Reading, and the Discussion thereon, at the suggestion of The Honorable The Attorney General, is ordered to be adjourned until the next Meeting of Council.