LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 9.
MONDAY, 19TH JUNE, 1893.
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PRESENT:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR
(Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, K.C.M.G.).
The Honourable the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).
the Acting Registrar General, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON).
the Colonial Treasurer, (NORMAN GILBERT MITCHELL-INNES).
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the Director of Public Works, (FRANCIS ALFRED COOPER). CATCHICK PAUL CHATER.
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JAMES JOHNSTONE KESWICK.
HO KAI, M.B., C.M.
THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.
EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS.
ABSENT:
The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (GEORGE THOMAS MICHAEL O'BRIEN, C.M.G.).
the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY).
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The Council met pursuant to adjournment.
The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 2nd instant, were read and confirmed.
FINANCIAL MINUTE.-His Excellency the Governor, in the absence of the Honourable the Colonial Secretary through indisposition, laid on the table the following Financial Minute, and moved that it be referred to the Finance Committee :-
C.S.O. 1224 of 1893.
WILLIAM ROBINSON.
The Governor recommends the Council to re-vote the sum of Six thousand Dollars, ($6,000), being the unexpended portion of the Government contribution to the reclamation in front of Marine Lots Nos. 95, 98 and 105.
Government House, Hongkong, 5th June, 1893.
The Attorney General seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE.-His Excellency the Governor laid on the table the following papers:
1. The Colonial Surgeon's Report for 1892. (No. 2.)
2. The Educational Report for 1892. (No. 3.)
3. Correspondence re Issue of Loan under Ordinance No. 2 of 1893. (No. 24.)
MOTION.-The Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD, pursuant to notice, made the following motion and addressed the Council.
That a small Commission be appointed to investigate and report on the working of the Gap Rock Lighthouse, the telegraph communication therewith, and the methods of reporting and signal- ling generally the arrival of ships and steamers in the waters of the Colony.
The Honourable J. J. KESWICK seconded and addressed the Council.
His Excellency the Governor addressed the Council, and intimated that he purposed appointing a Committee, consisting of :-
The Honourable the Harbour Master.
The Captain Superintendent of Police.
H. H. JOSEPH, Esquire.
E. F. ALFORD, Esquire.
J. H. Scorт, Esquire.
H. HOPPIUS, Esquire.
G. B. DODWELL, Esquire.
to investigate and report on the working of the Gap Rock telegraph and the methods of reporting and signalling the arrival of vessels in the waters of the Colony.