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THE HONGKONG

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No. 39.

號九十三第日九十二月六年亥己

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 5îп AUGUST, 1899.

日五初月八年九十九百八千一

VOL. XLV.

簿五十四第

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 9.

TUESDAY, 27TH JUNE, 1899.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR

(Sir HENRY ARTHUR BLAKE, G.C.M.G.).

His Excellency Major-General ILLIAM JULIUS GASCOIGNE, C.M.G., General Officer Commanding.

The Honourable the Acting Attorney General, (HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK).

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the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY, R.N.).

the Colonial Treasurer, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON).

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.).

CATCHICK PAUL CHATER, C.M.G.

THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.

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the Director of Public Works, (ROBERT DALY ORMSBY).

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ABSENT:

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G.

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART, C.M.G.).

NEW MEMBER.Mr. KESWICK took his seat as a Member of the Council, after having taken the Oath prescribed by Ordinance No. 4 of 1869.

The Council met pursuant to adjournment.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 20th June, 1899, were read and confirmed.

PAPERS. The Acting Attorney General, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following papers:

1. Petition from the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited, against

the second reading of the Bill entitled the Piers Ordinance, 1899.

2. Correspondence on the subject of the proposed arrangements for the protection of Chinese

Revenue in Hongkong.

QUESTIONS.—Mr. WHITEHEAD, pursuant to notice, asked the following questions :-

1. Will the Government lay upon the table a statement of the amount expended by the Public Works Department for repairs and alterations to “Beaconsfield" and of the re-payments made by the owner of the building in respect of the former; also state for the information of the Council under what authority this expenditure has been disbursed?