LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL No. 7.
WEDNESDAY, 9TH APRIL, 1884.
PRESENT:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR (SIR GEORGE FERGUSON BOWEN, G.C.M.G.)
His Honour the Chief Justice, (SIR GEORGE PHILLIPPO, Knt.)
The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (WILLIAM HENRY MARSII, C.M.G.)
the Attorney General, (EDWARD LOUGHLIN O'MALLEY.)
the Surveyor General, (JOHN MACNEILE PRICE.)
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the Colonial Treasurer, (ALFRED LISTER.)
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the Registrar General, (FREDERICK STEWART, LL.D.) PHINEAS RYRIE,
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WILLIAM KESWICK.
THOMAS JACKSON.
FREDERICK David SassooN.
WONG SHING.
The Council met in pursuance of adjournment.
Minutes read and confirmed.
PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE.-The Honourable the Colonial Secretary laid on the table the following Paper:-
First Portion of Correspondence respecting the proposed junction of the Eastern and
Western Prayas.
VOTES OF MONEY REFERRED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. Read the following Minute by His Excellency the Governor :-
The Governor recommends the Council to vote the following items of expenditure:--
(1.) $650, estimated cost of repairs of roof of Taiping Shán market, which is very dilapi-
dated and leaky.
(2.) $225, being 9 months' salary at $25 a month for a Chinese Engineer for the Police
Launch Charles May.
(3.) Provisional salary, at the rate of $50 a month, for the Assistant to the Hon. Secretary to
the Ordinances Commission.
ASSENT TO ORDINANCES.-The Clerk announced His Excellency the Governor's assent to the following Ordinances :----
No. 1 of 1884.-The Opium Ordinance.
No. 2 of 1884.-An Ordinance for the naturalisation of WILLIAM DOBERCK.
No. 3 of 1884.—An Ordinance to amend Ordinance 3 of 1862.
No. 4 of 1884.—An Ordinance to authorise CATCHICK PAUL CHATER, Esq. to construct piers and wharves in the harbour of Victoria, and to confer upon the said CATCHICK PAUL CHATER certain other powers and privileges.
No. 5 of 1884.-An Ordinance for the naturalisation of TSEUNG Sz-Kái.
No. 6 of 1884.—The Medical Registration Ordinance, 1884.
THE STAMP ORDINANCE, 1884.-The Attorney General presented the report of the Law Com- mittee on the Bill entitled The Stamp Ordinance, 1884.
BILLS READ A FIRST TIME.-On the motion of the Attorney General, secondled by the Colonial Secretary, the following Bills were read a first time :-
(1) A Bill entitled The Criminal Procedure Amendment Ordinance, 1884.
(2) A Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend Ordinance 3 of 1881.
(3) A Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend Ordinance 3 of 1871.
(4) A Bill entitled The Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1879, Amendment Ordinance, 1884.
(5) A Bill entitled An Ordinance to facilitate the business of Savings Banks.
(6) A Bill entitled The French Mail Steamers Ordinance continuation Ordinance, 1884.