LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 4.
MONDAY, 25TH JULY, 1898.
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PRESENT:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE OFFICER ADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT (Major-General WILSONE BLACK, C.B.).
The Honourable the Acting Colonial Secretary, (THOMAS SERCOMBE SMITH).
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the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).
the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY, R.N.).
the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.).
the Acting Colonial Treasurer, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON).
the Director of Public Works, (ROBERT DALY Ormsby).
CATCHICK PAUL. CHATER, C.M.G.
Ho KAI. M.B., C.M.
THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.
EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G.
JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVING.
WEI YUK.
The Council met pursuant to summons.
The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 28th February, 1898, were read and confirmed. NOTICE OF QUESTIONS.-Mr. WHITEHEAD gave notice that, at the next Meeting of Council, he would ask the following questions :---
Will the Government inform the Council what progress has been made with these works decided upon more than twelve months ago and which were intended to commemorate permanently the completion of the 60th year's reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, also state how the Jubilees Fund is invested and what rate of interest it is earning?
In view of the construction in the colony of sundry factories under Chinese and European mana- gement is it the intention of the Government to enact any portion of the Home Acts respect- ing female and juvenile labour.
PAPERS. The Acting Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Officer Adminis tering the Government, laid on the table the following papers:--
1. Report of the Captain Superintendent of Police for 1897.
2. Minutes of Meetings of the Piers Committee.
3. Calendar of Probate and Administration for 1897.
4. Report on Queen's College by the Examiners appointed by the Governing Body for 1897. 5. Report of the Harbour Master for 1897.
6. Secretary of State's Despatch respecting Speeches delivered at the Legislative Council
Meeting on the 25th January, 1898.
7. Financial Returns for the year 1897.
8. Report of the Pó Léung Kuk Society for the year ending 1st December, 1897.
9. Statement of Water Account for the year ending 31st December, 1897.
10. Return of Civil and Appeal Cases heard in the Supreme Court in 1897.
11. Report of the Postmaster General for 1897.
12. Report of the Director of Public Works for 1897.
13. Reports on the Hongkong Volunteer Corps.
14. Report on the Praya Reclamation Works for 1897.
15. Reports of the Medical Officer of Health, the Sanitary Surveyor, and the Colonial Vete-
rinary Surgeon for 1897.
16. Report of the Superintendent of the Botanical and Afforestation Department for 1897. 17. Report of the Registrar General for 1897.
18. The Educational Report for 1897.
19. Blue Book for 1897.
20. Report of the Insanitary Properties Commission.
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