Enclosure No.1 to Governor's Despatch No.288/
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EXTRACT FROM EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MINUTES Nos.17 & 18:
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Council Chamber,
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Hongkong, 9th July, 1901.
PRESENT
His Excellency the Governor
(Sir Henry A. Blake, G.C.M.G.).
The Honourable the Colonial Secretary (J. H. Stewart Lockhart, C.M.G.).
The Honourable the Acting Attorney General (H. E. Pollock).
The Honourable the Acting Colonial Treasurer (C. McI. Messer).
The Honourable the Harbour Master (R. Murray Rumsey, R.N.).
The Honourable the Acting Director of Public Works (W. Chatham).
The Honourable C. P. Chater, C.M.G.
The Honourable J. J. Bell-Irving.
ABSENT
His Excellency the General Officer Commanding (Major-General J.
Gascoigne, C.M.G.).
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SANITARY INSPECTOR MILLS.
Council considered the case of Sanitary Inspector Mills, who,
in respect of his conduct in soliciting and collecting subscriptions in aid of the expenses of his defence in the recent case of manslaughter, had been instructed to attend an enquiry in Executive Council, in accordance with Colonial Office Regulations Nos.83 to 90.
On being asked to state the grounds of his defence, Inspector Mills requested that his letter of the 18th June, 1901, which was a reply to the Colonial Secretary's Confidential
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