LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 3.
THURSDAY, 17TH JANUARY, 1889.
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PRESENT:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR (SIR G. WILLIAM DES VEUX, K.C.M.G.).
The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (FREDERICK STEWART).
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the Attorney General, (EDWARD LOUGHLIN O'MALLEY).
the Acting Colonial Treasurer, (HENRY ERNEST WODEHOUSE, C.M.G.). the Surveyor General, (JOHN MACNEILE PRICE).
the Captain Superintendent of Police, (WALTER MEREDITH DEANE). PHINEAS RYRIE.
WONG SHING.
JOHN BELL-IRVING.
BENDYSHE LAYTON, (vice the Honourable ALEXANDER PALMER MACEWEN).
ABSENT:
The Honourable CATCHICK PAUL CHATER.
The Council met pursuant to adjournment.
The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 10th instant, were read and confirmed.
NEW MEMBER.-Mr. JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART, Registrar General, having been pro- visionally appointed an Official Member, took the usual Oath and his seat at the Council table.
PRAYA RECLAMATION.--His Excellency the Governor informed the Council that he had received a telegram from the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies intimating that the Praya Reclamation scheme suggested by Mr. CHATER had been generally approved by the Consulting Engineer in England, and that a despatch on the subject may be expected soon.
KENNEDY ROAD.-His Excellency the Governor informed the Council that intimation had been received from the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies to the effect that the Military objections to building on Kennedy Road had, with certain reservations, been removed.
BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE FOR AMENDING THE LAWS RELATING TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS IN THE COLONY OF HONGKONG.-The Attorney General moved the first reading of this Bill..
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and passed.
Bill read a first time.
BILL ENTITLED THE STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND Ordinance, 1889.-The Attorney General moved the first reading of this Bill.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and passed..
Bill read a first time.
BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CATTLE DISEASES, SLAUGHTER-HOUSES, AND MARKETS ORDINANCE, 1887.-The Attorney General moved the second reading of this Bill.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and passed.
Bill read a second time.
The Council then went into Committee on the Bill.
Bill reported without amendment.
The Attorney General then moved that the Bill be read a third time.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and passed.
Bill read a third time.
Question put-that this Bill do pass.
Bill passed, and numbered as Ordinance 9 of 1889.