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VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF HONGKONG.
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No. 2 OF 1870.
WEDNESDAY, 30 MARCH, 1870.
PRESENT:
Ilis Excellency Governor SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, C.B. The Honorable the Chief Justice, (JOHN SMALE.)
The Honorable the Colonial Secretary, (JOHN GARDINER AUSTIN.) The Honorable the Attorney General, (JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE.)
The Honorable the Colonial Treasurer, (FREDERICK II. A. FORTH.)
The Honorable HUGH BOLD GIBB.
The Honorable PHINEAS RYNIE.
The Honorable WILLIAM KESWICK.
The Honorable RICHARD ROWETT.
ABSENT:
The Honorable the Auditor General, (WILLIAM H. RENNIE), absent on leave.
The Council meets this day at 3 P.M. by Special Summons.
The Minutes of the Council held on the 25th February last, are read and confirmed.
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The Bill for the Preservation of Birds is read a Second time, amended in Committee, and passed,
bearing the Title of “ An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, for the Preservation of Birds,”-being "No. 1 of 1870."
The Bill to co-operate with the Chinese Authorities for the Suppression of Piracy is brought forward for the Second reading, and His Excellency states that this Bill had been introduced in pursuance of Instructions from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, which directed the re-enactment of Ordinance No. 2 of 1868, now expired. The Despatch (No. 148 of 14 September, 1869,) conveying the above Instructions, is then read and considered.-After which, the Bill is read, a Second time, committed, and passed, bearing the Title of An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with
for the Suppression of Piracy,”-being "No. 2 of 1870."
to co-operate with the Chinese de Legislative Council thereof, to auable the Governor,
On the representation of the Attorney General, wh5 states that upon further consultation with the Members of the Profession he is desirous to submit a more comprehensive measure which he has prepared on the subject of the Adibiasion of Attornies, and the dustine concurring. the Bill relating to the Admission of Attornies is withdrawn by order of His Excellency,
The Bill for the Establishment of a Chinese Hospital is read a Second time, amended in Committee and passed, bearing the Title of "An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, for establishing a Chinese Hospital to be supported by Voluntary Contributions, and for erecting the same into an Eleemosynary Corporation,”-being "No. 3 of 1870."
His Excellency lays on the Table the Emigration Bill which was read a First time at a Meeting of the Council held on the 25th February last, together with Despatch No. 174 of 19th October, 1869, from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, respecting further Legislation on the sub- ject. His Excellency then fully explains to the Council the future Policy of Her Majesty's Government as to Emigration from Hongkong, which the Bill is intended to carry out.
Discussion follows--
After which, the Bill is read a Second time, amended in Committee, and passed, bearing the Title of "An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legis- lative Council thereof, to make further" Regulations respecting Chinese Passenger Ships,”-being
No. 4-of-1870.”
His Excellency then lays on the Table the Annual Report for 1869 from the Acting Captain Superin- tendent of Police, and calls attention at considerable length to the Statistics of Crime in the Colony, just completed, from 1865 to 1869, by which a great decrease in 1869, amounting to 22.6 per cent, is evidenced in Serious Offences as compared with 1868, and 51 per cent as illus- trated by Comparative Returns of the latter half of 1865, and the latter half of 1869.
His Excellency concludes by stating that this Meeting of the Council may possibly, for some time as least, be the last over which he will be able to preside, as he is compelled by the state of his health to avail himself of the Leave of Absence to proceed to England, which had been accorded to him by the Secretary of State, though if possible, he would return from Japan for a short period to assist in passing the Estimates for 1871, before finally leaving for Europe.
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