LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 27.
MONDAY, 30TH NOVEMBER, 1891.
PRESENT:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE OFFICER ADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT (Major-General G. DIGBY BARKER, C.B.).
The Honourable the Acting Colonial Secretary, (WILLIAM MEIGH Goodman),
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the Acting Attorney General, (ANDREW JOHN LEACH).
the Registrar General, (JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART).
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the Colonial Treasurer, (NORMAN GILBERT MITCHELL-INNES).
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the Acting Surveyor General, (FRANCIS ALFRED COOPER).
the Acting Harbour Master, (WILLIAM Charles HOLLAND HASTINGS). CATCHICK PAUL CHATER.
JAMES JOHNSTONE KESWICK,
HO KAI, M.B., C.M.
THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEhead.
The Honourable PHINEAS RYRIE.
The Council met pursuant to adjournment.
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The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 23rd November, 1891, were read and confirmed. PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE. The Acting Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, laid on the table the Reports of the Finance Committee dated the 9th, 16th, and 23rd of November, (Nos. 13, 14 and 16), on the Estimates of Expenditure for 1892.
The Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD asked the following questions :-
(1.) Will the Government inform the Council whether it has yet appointed a Commission to enquire into the question of Quarantine, and if so will it furnish a list of the Members nominated on such commission.
The Acting Colonial Secretary replied.
(2.) Will the Government lay on the table the commission issued to certain persons to enquire into the selection of a Site for the proposed New Gaol, and a copy of any report which the Committee may have made on the subject, and copies of the Reports and Proceedings of recent commissions on Gaol accommodation.
His Excellency replied.
(3.) Will the Government lay on the table a list of the Excise Officers appointed by the Governor
under section 5 of the Opium Ordinance, 1884.
The Acting Colonial Secretary replied.
The Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD moved the following resolution :-
That Government lay upon the table at the first meeting of Council, or as soon thereafter as possible, in each half-year, a return shewing particulars of progress of all Public Works during the previous half-year, in the form made use of by the Government in the sessional paper relating to the New Central Market, Civil Hospital Staff Quarters, &c., laid on the. Council table on 26th October last.
The Honourable C. P. CHATER seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE BUILDING Ordinance, 1889."-The Council agreed to postpone further consideration of the Bill for one week.
BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE ENACTED BY THE GOVERNOR OF HONGKONG, WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THEREOF, TO APPLY A SUM NOT EXCEEDING TWO MILLIONS FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-ONE DOLLARS TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE OF THE YEAR 1892."-Council in Committee on the Bill.
Council resumed and Bill reported with amendments.
BILL ENTITLED "THE MERCHANT SHIPPING CONSOLIDATION ORDINANCE, 1891."-Council in Commitee on the Bill.
Council resumed and progress reported.
ADJOURNMENT.-The Council then adjourned till Friday, the 4th December, at 3.30 P.M.
Read and confirmed, this 4th day of December, 1891.
A. M. THOMSON, Acting Clerk of Councils.
G. DIGBY BARKER, Oficer Administering the Government.