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No. 28.

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VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 11TH JULY, 1896.

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VOL. XLII.

簿二十四第

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 3

THURSDAY, 2ND APRIL, 1896.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR

(Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, K.C.M.G.).

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary and Registrar General, (JAMES HALDANE STEWART

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LOCKHART).

the Acting Attorney General, (HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK).

the Acting Colonial Treasurer, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON).

the Director of Public Works, (FRANCIS ALFRED COOPER).

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

the Acting Captain Superintendent of Police, (WILLIAM CHARLES HOLLAND

HASTINGS, R.N.).

CATCHICK PAUL CHATER.

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

THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G.

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JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVING.

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The Council met pursuant to summons, the meeting fixed for the 24th March having been postponed until Thursday, the 2nd April, 1896.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 10th March, 1896, were read and confirmed. PAPERS.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following papers :-

1. Papers respecting the Reconstitution of the Sanitary Board.

2. Statement of Expenditure on Account of Salaries, Pensions and Exchange Compensation

1895.

3. Statement of Disbursements for Forestry Works in the Years 1897 and 1898.

4. Statement of Water Account to 31st December, 1895.

5. Financial Returns for the Year 1895.