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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 21, 1910.

No. 144.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 5

MONDAY, 97 MAY, 1910.

PRESENT :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE OFFICER ADMINISTERNG THE GOVERNMENT (Sir FRANCIS HENRY MAY, K.C.M.G.).

His Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops, (Colonel CHARLES WILLIAM

ROBERT ST. Jous).

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON).

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the Attorney General, (MARCUS WARRE SLADE, K.C.).

the Colonial Treasurer, (CHARLES CILVAINE MESSER).

the Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM, C.M.G.).

the Registrar General, (ARTHUR WINBOLT BREWIN).

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS JOSEPH BADELEY).

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Dr. Ho KAI, M.B., C.M.G.

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Mr. WEI YUK, C.M.G.

Mr. EDBERT ANSGAR HEWETT.

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Mr. EDWARD OSBORNE.

Mr. MURRAY STEWART,

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Mr. HENRY KESWICK,

The Council met pursuant to summons.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 5th May, 1910, were read and confirmed.

Dr. JOHN MITFord Atkinson, Member of the Executive Council, was present at the invitation of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government.

His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government addressed the Council and moved the following Resolution :—

"That the members of this Council have heard with profound sorrow the sad announcement of the death of His late Majesty King Edward VII., and desire to tender their humble duty, and to express their most heartfelt, loyal and respectful sympathy with Her Majesty Queen Alexandra, Their Majesties the King and Queen, and the Royal Family in their bereavement”.

Mr. HEWETT addressed the Council on behalf of his colleagues and of those sections of the community which they individually represented, and also of all their fellow residents in the Colony, and seconded the Resolution.

Dr. Ho Kai addressed the Council and supported the Resolution in the name of the Chinese Community.

The Resolution was unanimously adopted.

His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government then read messages of condolence received from the Governor of Macao and the Commander-in-Chief of the French Naval Division in the Far East, and informed the Council that he also received similar letters from several Consuls in the Colony.

ADJOURNMENT.-The Council then adjourned until Thursday, the 19th May, 1910.

F. H. MAY,

Officer Administering the Government.

Read and confirmed this 19th day of May, 1910.

C. CLEMENTI,

Clerk of Councils.