16th March, 1852.
Present:
His Excellency The Governor,
The Honorable The acting Chief Justice,
The Honorable The Colonial Treasurer,
The Honorable J. F. Edger, Esquire.
The Minutes of the last Council were read and approved.
Read the second time and Passed the ordinance entitled "An ordinance for certain Marriages in the Colony of Hongkong" being No. 1 of 1852, which was ordered to be printed and published in the Government Gazette."
(Signed) Mr. Jervois
Read and approved this 4th day of May, 1852.
(Signed) L. d'Almada e Castro,
Clerk of Councils.