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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 6.
MONDAY, 13TH MARCH, 1899.
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PRESENT:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR
(Sir HENRY ARTHUR Blake, G.C.M.G.).
His Excellency Major-General WILLIAM JULIUS GASCOIGNE, C.M.G., General Officer Commanding. The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART, C.M.G.).
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the Acting Attorney General, (HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK).
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.
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The Council met pursuant to adjournment.
The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 27th February, 1899, were read and confirmed. PAPER.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following paper :-
Report of the Superintendent of the Fire Brigade for 1898.
REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the report of the Finance Committee dated the 27th Februa 1899, (No. 2), and moved its adoption.
The Acting Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Mr. BELILIOs addressed the Council.
Mr. WHITEHEAD addressed the Council.
The Colonial Secretary addressed the Council.
His Excellency addressed the Council.
Question-put and agreed to.
REPORT OF THE STANDING LAW COMMITTEE.-The Acting Attorney General, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the report of the Standing Law Committee dated the 16th February, 1899, (No. 1).
NOTICE OF QUESTIONS.-Mг. BELILIOS gave notice that at the next meeting he would ask the following questions :----
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(1.) Has the Government received a copy of a letter from the Director of the Manila Observatory, dated the 7th March, in which he complains of a letter addressed by the Director of the Hongkong Observatory to the Weather Bureau of the Government of the United States of America, in which the said passages are said to occur:- The Observatory in Manila is in the hands of men who possess very little scientific education" and that “scandal is caused by the Observatory continually communicating sensational typhoon warnings to the newspapers in Hongkong
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(2.) Was this communication to the Weather Bureau of the United States Government made
with the knowledge and consent of the Colonial Government?
(3.) Has Dr. Doberck been asked to explain his action in condemning an Observatory to whom the Colony is so much indebted for the timely storm warnings received for a number of years past?
(4.) What action do the Government propose to take in this matter?
(5.) Is not an apology or an explanation due to the Director of the Manila Observatory from
the Government?