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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
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No. 5.
號五第 日四十二月二十年戌戊
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 4rn' FEBRUARY, 1899.
日四初月二年九十九百八千一
VOL. XLV.
簿五十四第
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 1.
WEDNESDAY, 25TH JANUARY, 1899.
PRESENT:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR
(Sir HENRY ARTHUR BLAKE, G.C.M.G.).
His Excellency Major-General WILLIAM JULIUS GASCOIGNE, C.M.G., General Officer Commanding.
The Honourable the Acting Colonial Secretary, (THOMAS SERCOMBE SMITH).
the Acting Attorney General, (HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK).
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the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY, R.N.).
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the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.).
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the Acting Colonial Treasurer, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON). the Director of Public Works, (ROBERT DALY ORMSBY).
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CATCHICK PAUL CHATER, C.M.G.
Ho KAI, M.B., C.M.
EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G.
JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVING. WEI YUK.
ABSENT:
The Honourable THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD,
The Council met pursuant to summons.
The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 30th December, 1898, were read and confirmed. PAPERS. The Acting Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following papers:
1. Coroner's Returns for 1898.
2. Report on the Widows' and Orphans' Pension Fund for the Year 1898.
FINANCIAL MINUTES.-The Acting Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following Financial Minutes, (Nos. 1 to 4), and moved that they be referred to the Finance Committee:-
C.O.D... 307 of 1898.
HENRY A. BLAKE.
The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Two thousand Six hundred and Nine Dollars ($2,609, equivalent to £250 @ 1/11), being contribution towards the proposed establishment of a School of Tropical Medicine in London and the institution of a travelling Commission to enquire into Tropical Diseases.
Government House, Hongkong, 12th January, 1899.
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