At Russo-Chinese Bank,
C.
(3.)
702
of the money; in permitting this Council to discuss, on the 25th February, and in full Council on the 5th and 19th March in his own presence, the question whether this money should or should not be revoted, the Council being deliberately left in ignorance of the fact that the money had already, on the 21st February, been paid out of the Colonial Treasury, and that it was beyond recall.
Protest
We pray that this our protest may be recorded on the minutes of this Council and may be forwarded to the Right Honorable the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
Legislative Council Chamber,
Hongkong, 7th May, 1891.
H. H. W. Whitehead