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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.:

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Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 1ST JUNE, 1889.

日一初月六年九十八百八千一

No. 25.

號五十二第

日三月五年丑己

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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 15.

THURSDAY, 16TH MAY, 1889.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR (SIR G. WILLIAM DES VEUX, K.C.M.G.)

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary (FREDERICK STEWART).

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the Acting Attorney General, (Andrew John Leach).

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the Acting Colonial Treasurer, (HENRY ERNEST WODEHOUSE, C.M.G.).

the Acting Registrar General, (NORMAN GILBERT MITCHELL-INNES). PHINEAS RYRIE.

WONG SHING.

CATCHICK PAUL CHATER.

BENDYSHE LAYTON, (vee the Honourable ALEXANDER PALMER MACEWEN). JAMES JOHNSTONE KESWICK, (vice the Honourable JOHN BELL-IRVING).

The Council met pursuant to notice.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 6th instant, were read and confirmed.

VOTE REFERRED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.-Read the following Minute by His Excellency the Governor :-

C.S.O.

1170 of 1889.

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G. WILLIAM DES VŒUX.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote the sum of Three thousand and Four $400 hundred Dollars, for repairing damage caused to roads outside the City of Victoria by the

rainstorm of the 29th April last.

Government House, Hongkong, 9th May, 1889.

The Colonial Secretary moved that this Vote be referred to the Finance Committee.

The Acting Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and passed,

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE FOR THE NATURALIZATION OF LI MAN Hr otherwise POKSHAN.- The Acting Attorney General, moved the first reading of this Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and passed.

Bill read a first time.

BILL ENTITLED An Ordinance to amend ÖrdinaNCE 17 of 1887.-The Acting Attorney General moved the first reading of this Bill. *

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and passed.

Bill read a first time.