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petition presented to that effect, counsel should be heard by the Council
the
on
owners and
behalf of occupiers of the wharves and piers. The Colonial Secretary then rose to a point of order, and
submitted that inasmuch
as the proposed
Bill did
not come within the
category of the Bills defined by N.52 of the Standing rules and orders of the Legislative
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Legislative Council, the motion was out of order. I thereupon, as President of the Council, ruled the -motion to be out of order. Subsequently I received a
letter, of which I enclose a
Encl? copy, addressed to the ~
Enel.:
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J. Colonial Secretary by three of the wharves and piers -
ownero
? my
protesting against
any ruling, and requesting that it might be forwarded.
to Your Lordship with
any "Bill