formâ by the Colonial Secretary
in the absence of Mr Chater, and all the unofficial members except the mover voted against it.
5.
13 In regard to para. I would mention that when Mr. Whitehead suggested that the payment to the credit of the Po Leung Kuk of the alleged amount of subscriptions, $30,000, should be made a condition precedent to the payment of the sum of $243// of the Government grant, the Registrar General produced receipt shewing that $30,000 had been paid to the credit of the Society, and Mr. Whitehead thereupon declared himself satisfied. It is not a little curious that he now omits to make any reference to this circumstance.
6. In the 27th and preceding paragraphs he endeavours to show that certain