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CONSTITUTION OF COUNCILS-HONGKONG

The Senior Military Officer for the time being in comma Majesty's regular troops.

The persons for the time being lawfully discharging the fu

Colonial Secretary,

Attorney-General,

Colonial Treasurer,

and of such other persons as, at the date of the receipt of t tions in the Colony, are members of the Council, or as H may from time to time appoint.

At present (1910) the Council consists of—

The Governor (er-officio).

The Senior Military Officer in Command (ex-officio).

The Colonial Secretary (ex-officio).

The Attorney-General (ex-officio).

The Colonial Treasurer (ex-officio).

The Director of Public Works (ex-officio).

The Principal Civil Medical Officer (ex-officio).

Hou. Sir C. P. Chater, Kt., C.M.G.

Hon. Mr. E. A. Hewett.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

The constitution of the Legislative Council is fixed lowing instructions :--

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Additional Instructions to our Governor and Com:nand 29th May, 1896, in and over Our Colony of Hongkong, and its Dependenc

Our Lieutenant Governor or other Officer for the time being ing the Government of Our said Colony and its Dependencie

Given at Our Court at St. James's this Seventh day of in the Sixtieth year of Our Reign.

Whereas by certain Letters Patent under the Great S United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, bearing da minster the Nineteenth day of January, 1888, constituting t Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Our Colony kong, and its Dependencies, We did, amongst other things, the Legislative Council of the Clony should consist of such We should direct by any Instructions under Our Sign A Signet ;

And whereas by the Thirteenth Clause of Our Instruc Our Sign Manual and Signet, bearing date the Nineteenth c uary, 1888, accompanying Our said Letters Patent, We di Our said Legislative Council as therein is et forth; and teenth Clause of Our said Instructions We did provide for dence of the Members of Our said Legislative Council;

And whereas We are min led to reconstruct Our said Council:

I. Now therefore We do, by these Our Additional under Our Sign Manual and Signt, revoke the aforesaid an Sixteenth Clauses of Our sail Instructions of the Ninete January, 1888, but without prejudice to anything lawfully under, and instead thereof We do dclare Our pleasure as fo

II.-The Legislative Council of the Colony shall consis ernor, the Lientenant G vernor (if any), the Senior Mili ar the time bein in command of Our Reglar Troo ̧· 8 within the pers us for the time being lawfully discharging the i Colonial Secretary, Attorney-General, and Treasurer of the such other persons holding offices in the Colony, and not exc in number at any one time, as at the time of the receipt