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No. 18.

號八十第

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 14TH APRIL, 1894.

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VOL. XL.

簿十四第

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 3.

THURSDAY, 15TH MARCH, 1894.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR

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

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (GEORGE THOMAS MICHAEL OBRIEN, C.M.G.).

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the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).

the Registrar General, (JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART).

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the Colonial Treasurer, (NORMAN Gilbert Mitchell-Innes).

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

EDWARD BOWDLER.

CATCHICK PAUL Chater.

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HO KAI, M.B., C.M.

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THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G.

JAMES JOHNSTONE KESWICK.

The Council met pursuant to adjournment.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 7th instant, were read and confirmed. PAPERS.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following papers :--

1. Despatch from the Secretary of State on the subject of The Pó Léung Kuk Ordinance,

1893. (No. 204 of 1893.)

2. Report of the Superintendent of the Fire Brigade for 1893.

The Colonial Secretary also by command of His Excellency read the following telegram from Her Britannic Majesty's Minister at Tokio in reply to the one sent to him on the 7th instant :

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"The Emperor desires to convey to Your Excellency his thanks for the congratulations of yourself and Government and. to express the pleasure with which he has received them.' NOTICE OF QUESTION.-Mr. BELILIOS gave notice that at the next meeting of Council he would ask the following question :---

In view of the condition of the Staff of Victoria Gaol, as disclosed by the annual report of the Superintendent, what steps the Government intend taking to reconstruct the said Staff or otherwise to render it efficient?

The Colonial Secretary, by permission of His Excellency, waived the usual notice, and replied to the question.