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No. 35.

號五十三第 日二十月六年戊戊

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 30TH JULY, 1898.

日十三月七年八十九百八千一

VOL. XLIV.

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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 3.

MONDAY, 28TH FEBRUARY, 1898.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE OFFICER ADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT

(Major-General WILSONE BLACK, C.B.).

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary and Registrar General, (JAMES Haldane STEWART LOCKHART).

the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).

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

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

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the Colonial Treasurer. (THOMAS SERCOMBE SMITH).

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

CATCHICK PAUL CHATER, C.M.G.

Ho KAI, M.B., C.M.

THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOs, C.M.G.

JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVING. WEI YUK.

The Council met pursuant to adjournment.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 23rd February, 1898, were read and confirmed.

MOTION. By permission of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, Mr. WHITEHEAD moved the following motion standing in his name prior to the continuance of the debate on the Resolution moved by the Director of Public Works at the last meeting on the subject of New Government Offices :-

That Government lay upon the table a copy of its covering despatch forwarding to the Colonial Office the report dated 23rd November, 1896, of the Committee appointed 8th September, 1894, by His Excellency Sir William Robinson to report on the condition of the Government Offices and the desirability of locating the various Government departments under one roof, together with a copy of any further explanations the Government may have given in con- nection therewith and as called for by the Secretary of State's despatch No. 126 of 5th June,

1896.

The motion was not seconded.

RESOLUTION. The Council then proceeded with the adjourned debate on the following Resolution moved by the Director of Public Works and seconded by the Colonial Secretary at the last meeting:-

That in the opinion of this Council it is expedient--

A. To construct the new Law Courts and accessory offices on Plot No. 2 on the New Recla- mation, namely, the larger of the two lots reserved for Government Offices, immediately in front of the City Hall; and