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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 3, 1912.

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

No. 144.-It is hereby notified that the additions and amendment to the Statutes of the University of Hongkong set out underneath which have been made by the Court. pursuant to the powers vested in it by Section 14 of the University Ordinance 1911 (No. 10 of 1911) have been approved by the Officer Administering the Government-in-Council.

1. The addition at the end of Class 2 in Statute No. 4 of the following:-

"The Court may appoint such other persons to be Life Members of the Court as may be nominated by a majority of two-thirds of the Members of the Court and as are approved by the Chancellor."

2. The amendment of Statute No. 4 by renumbering Section 8 as Section 9 and by the addition of a new Section before Section 9 (as amended) as follows:-

"(8.) If any nominated member shall leave the Colony for any period exceeding three months and shall notify his intended absence to the Court or shall have been absent from the Colony for more than three months without such notification the Governor may in either event appoint another person to act as member in his place during his absence. The acting member shall vacate his office on the return of the absent member to the Colony and shall only hold office for such period as the absent member would have held it if he had continued in the Colony."

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

24th April, 1912.

R. H. CROFTON,

Clerk of Councils.

No. 145.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 3.

MONDAY, 15TH APRIL, 1912.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE OFFICER ADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT,

(CLAUD SEVERN).

His Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops, (Major-General CHARLES

ALEXANDER ANDERSON, C.B.).

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (CECIL CLEMENTI).

the Attorney General, (WILLIAM REES DAVIES, K.C.).

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the Colonial Treasurer, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON). the Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM, C.M.G.).

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the Registrar General, (EDWIN RICHARD HALLIFAX).

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the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS JOSEPH BADELEY). Mr. WEI YUK, C.M.G.

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M HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, K.C.

Mr. EDBERT ANSGAR HEWETT.

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Mr. EDWARD OSBORNE,

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Mr. CHARLES HENDERSON Ross.

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