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No. 17.

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VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 2ND APRIL, 1892. 日六初月三年辰壬 日二初月四年二十九百八千一

VOL. XXXVIII.

簿八十三第

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 3.

MONDAY, 14TH MARCH, 1892.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR

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

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

the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).

the Registrar General, (JAMES Haldane STEWART LOCKHART).

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

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the Surveyor General, (FRANCIS ALFRED COOPER).

the Acting Harbour Master, (WILLIAM CHARLES HOLLAND HASTINGS). CATCHICK PAUL CHATER.

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THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS.

ABSENT:

The Honourable JAMES JOHNSTONE KESWICK.

The Council met pursuant to adjournment.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 25th February, 1892, were read and confirmed. NEW MEMBER.—The Honourable G. T. M. O'BRIEN took the Oath of Allegiance on taking his seat on the Council as Colonial Secretary.

PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following Sessional Papers, viz.:-

Annual Report of the Head Master of the Victoria College for 1891. (No. 10 of 1892). Report on a Petition from the Pó Léung Kuk or Society for the Protection of Women and

Children. (No. 11 of 1892).

Returns of Superior and Subordinate Courts for 1891. (No. 9 of 1892).

VOTES REFERRED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following Financial Minutes and moved that they be referred to the Finance Committee, viz.

C.5.0.

6 of 1892.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One hundred and Eighty Dollars, ($180), for the salary of a Watchman to act also as Interpreter to the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon at $20 per month, from 1st April next.

Government House, Hongkong, 7th March, 1892.