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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
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Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 25TH JULY, 1896.
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No. 30.
VOL. XLII.
號十三第
日五十月六年申丙 日五十二月七年六十九百八千一
簿二十四第
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 4.
WEDNESDAY, 8TH JULY, 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).
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the Director of Public Works, (FRANCIS ALFRED COOPER).
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the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY, R.N.).
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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.
JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVING.
The Council met pursuant to summons.
The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 2nd April,*1896, were read and confirmed.
His Excellency the Governor laid on the table Papers on the subject of a Petition addressed to the House of Commons praying for an amendment of the Constitution of the Crown Colony of Hong- kong, and addressed the Council.
PAPERS.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following papers :-
1. Harbour Master's Report for 1895.
2. Report of the Postmaster General for 1895.
3. Returns of Superior and Subordinate Courts for 1895.
4. Report of the Law Committee upon a Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend and consolidate
the Law relating to the Registration of Births and Deaths.
5. Report of the Director of Public Works for 1895.
6. Report of the Superintendent of the Botanical and Afforestation Department for 1895.
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