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service afloat,

afloat, and the present Acting Harbor Master is

Now

restoring

youre

only

order and

regularity to a Department,

which is one of the most- important in the Colonial

Government, but which has

been long

in a

state.

te of confusion,

to which remedies have been

applied

in vaii.

tive luactments

26 - The Legislative lea during this

this year

have been seven

in number, of which

nore

have.

for 1859. The Legislation generally has not been of a nature to call

for any special remark, beyoud noticing the restoration of

the

decorum in the Conduct of to

Legislative Council.

27. - Under the superintendence

of the Rev. Mr. Lobscheid Chinese ducation. Education has made Considerable

been yet disallowed, and all Legislation. confirmed but the appropriation

ordinance for 1860, and the Supplementary Estimates Ordinance

Crime.

advance, and the schools established

throughout the Island

increasing

are

in number and in

good favor with the Chinese

population

28. There has been

A

slight increas

bincrease over 1858 in the

Number

of

Criminals, but