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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH MARCH, 1891.
A division was then taken on the motion that the vote be passed when there voted.
For.
His Excellency the Governor.
Honourable the Acting Colonial Secretary.
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the Attorney General,
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the Colonial Treasurer.
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the Registrar General.
the Surveyor General.
The vote was then passed.
Against.
Honourable PHINEAS RYRIE.
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Honourable P. RYRIE gave notice of protest against the vote.
CATCHICK PAUL CHATER.
JAMES JOHNSTONE KESWICK. HO KAI, M.B., C.M.
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THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.
The Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD, with His Excellency's permission, asked the following question,---
Are the Government Officials now drawing the enhanced rates of pay recommended by the Special or Select Committee of this Council, or are they still drawing the old rates of pay and allow- ances pending the Secretary of State's approval?
The Honourable the Acting Colonial Secretary replied.
The Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD then gave notice that at next meeting of Council he would move the following resolution :-
That in consequence of the enhanced Military Contribution still demanded by the Imperial Government, this Colony is not in a position to pay the increased Salaries recently recom- mended by the Un-officiul Members and that the Secretary of State be requested by telegram to withhold his sanction.
BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS ORDINANCE, 1886."- The Attorney General moved the 1st reading of the Bill.
The Acting Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question--put and agreed to.
Bill read a first time.
BILL ENTITLED “AN ORDINANCE FOR THE NATURALIZATION OF LAU SAI alias LAU WAI CH'ÜN."- The. Attorney General moved the first reading of the Bill.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a first time.
BILL ENTITLED "THE GAMBLING ORDINANCE, 1891."-After some remarks by His Excellency, it was agreed to go into Committee on the Bill at next meeting of Council.
ADJOURNMENT.—The Council then adjourned till Wednesday, the 25th March, at 3 P.M.
Read and confirmed, this 25th day of March, 1891.
A. M. THOMSON,
Acting Clerk of Councils.
G. WILLIAM DES VEUX,
Governor.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 135.
The following Amended Regulation made by the Governor in Council, under the provisions of Section 42 of Ordinance 6 of 1883, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th March, 1891.
ADDITIONAL REGULATION
W. M. DEANE, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Made by the Governor in Council, under the provisions of Section 42 of Ordinance No. 6 of 1883, this 16th day of March, 1891,
Regulation No. 6 of the 16th day of December, 1889, is hereby annulled and in lieu thereof the following Regulation shall be substituted :-
Time of Inspection and Testing of carriages, &c., of Machinery, &c.
6. The carriages trucks and waggons of the Company and the machinery therein now in use shall hereafter be inspected and tested by the Surveyor General or any officer or officers appointed for the purpose by the Governor in Council in the month of January in every year and the engines ropes and other machinery of the Tramway shall be also inspected and tested as aforesaid every year.
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
HONGKONG.
A. M. THOMSON, Acting Clerk of Councils.
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