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VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 23RD SEPTEMBER, 1893.

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VOL. XXXIX.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 12.

TUESDAY, 12TH SEPTEMBER, 1893.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR

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

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The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (GEORGE THOMAS MICHAEL O'BRIEN, C.M.G.).

the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).

the Colonial Treasurer, (NORMAN GILBERT MITCHELL-INNES).

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the Director of Public Works, (FRANCIS ALFRed Cooper).

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the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY).

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the Acting Registrar General, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON).

CATCHICK PAUL CHATER.

JAMES JOHNSTONE KESWICK.

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THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS.

The Council met pursuant to adjournment.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 29th ultimo, were read and confirmed.

PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE.-The Colonial Secretary, by cominand of the Governor, laid on the table the following papers :----

1. Correspondence on the subject of the recent defalcations in the Treasury. (No. 83.) 2. Correspondence on the subject of Morphine injections. (Nos. 30 & 31.)

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3. Report of the Finance Committee (No. 5). MOTION.-Bill entitled The Morphine Ordinance, 1893.-Mr. WHITEHEAD, pursuant to notice, moved the following resolution, adding that the second realing of the Bill be postponed until next meeting:-

That the Government lay on the table copies of any reports received from the Sanitary Board, the Medical Department, the Honourable the Registrar General's Department, or any other Department, and the Captain Superintendent of Police, on the subject of the consumption of Morphine and the practice of administering or injecting preparations of Morphine by unqualified persons, as well as a copy of any Petition or Memorial received from the Opium Farmer, and the correspondence which has recently passed between the Opium Farmer, his Agents or Attorneys, and the Government on the subject of the Morphine question, the pre- parations of Morphine, and their sale and administration, before proceeding with the second reading of the Morphine Ordinance, 1893.

Mr. CHATER Seconded, and addressed the Council. The Colonial Secretary addressed the Council.