1st May 1844
Present His Excellency the Governor
The Honorable Major General D'Aguilar
The Honorable Major Caine
Read and passed Ordinance No. 11 of 1844 entitled "An Ordinance for licensing Public "houses and for regulating the Retail of fermented and spirituous liquors in the Colony of "Hongkong."
Read and passed Ordinance No. 12 of 1844 entitled "An Ordinance for the Establishment "and Regulation of a Police Force in the Colony of Hongkong."
(signed) Henry Pottinger
Read and approved
this 8th day of May 1844
Richard Woosnam
(in the absence of Mr. Burgass)
Clerk of the Council