BILL READ A THIRD TIME AND PASSED.-On the motion of the Attorney General, seconded by the Acting Colonial Secretary, the Bill entitled The Preservation of Birds Ordinance, 1870, Amendment Ordinance, 1884, was read a third time.
Question put-that this Bill do pass.
Bill passed.
PRIVATE BILL. On the motion of the Honourable P. RYRIE, seconded by the Honourable F. D. SASSOON, a Bill entitled A Bill to enable the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith to mortgage and sell certain property in Hongkong, was read a first time.
MOTION. The Honourable W. KESWICK, pursuant to notice, moved that the correspondence presented to the Legislative Council on the subject of the issue of One Dollar Notes by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation be referred to the Finance Committee for consideration and full report.
The Honourable P. RYRIE seconded.
Question-put and passed.
ADJOURNMENT.—The Acting Colonial Secretary moved that the Council adjourn until that day week, at 4 P.M.
Question-put and passed.
Read and confirmed, this 15th day of May, 1884.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Acting Clerk of Councils.
G. F. BOWEN, Governor.