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No. 20.

賦十二第

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 2ND MAY, 1891.

日四十二月三年卯辛 日二初月五年一十九百八千一

VOL. XXXVII.

簿七十三第

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 7.

FRIDAY, 10TH APRIL, 1891.

PRESENT:

The Honourable the Acting Colonial Secretary, (WALTER MEREDITH DEANE, C.M.G.).

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the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).

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

the Registrar General, (JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART). the Surveyor General, (SAMUEL BROWN).

PHINEAS RYRIE.

JAMES JOHNSTONE KESWICK.

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THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD,

ABSENT:

His Excellency the Governor (SIR G. WILIAM DES VEUX, K.C.M.G.).

The Honourable CATCHICK PAUL CHATER.

The Council met pursuant to adjournment.

The Acting Colonial Secretary presided as Senior Member present in the absence of His Excellency through indisposition.

The Minutes of the last Meeting; held on the 25th March, 1891, were read and confirmed. PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE.-The Acting Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following Sessional Papers, viz. :-

Despatches from the Secretary of State respecting Prison accommodation. (No. 1 of 1891). The Postmaster General's Report for 1890. (No. 6 of 1891).

Report of the Government Central School for Girls for 1890. (No. 7 of 1891).

Annual Report of the Acting Head Master of the Victoria College for 1890. (No. 8 of 1891). Colonial Veterinary Surgeon's Report for the year 1890. (No. 9 of 1891).

Report of the Superintendent of Victoria Gaol for 1890. (No. 10 of 1891).

The Sanitary Superintendent's Report for 1890. (No. 11 of 1891).

Statement of the Revenue and Expenditure of the Colony for 1890. (No. 12 of 1891.) Crown Agents' Account:-Payments on Account of Public Works during 1890.

The Honourable P. RYRIE gave notice that at the next meeting of Council he would ask the following questions:-

1. To ask the President, if, when he asked me at the meeting of Council on the 25th March last, if the Protest I then laid on the table was a perfectly respectful protest, he meant to imply that I was likely to present or the Un-official Members" to concur in a protest that was not perfectly respectful.