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VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 18TH SEPTEMBER, 1886. 日一十二月八年戌丙日八十月九年六十八百八千一 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL No. 31.
FRIDAY, 21ST MAY, 1886.
PRESENT:
HIS EXCELLENCY WILLIAM HENRY MARSH, C.M.G.,
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Administering the Government in the absence of His Excellency SIR GEORGE FERGUSON BOWEN, G.C.M.G.
His Honour the Acting Chief Justice, (JAMES Russell.)
. The Honourable the Acting Colonial Secretary, (FREDERICK STEWART.)
the Acting Attorney General, (Edward James ACKROYD.)
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the Colonial Treasurer, (ALFRED LISTER.)
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the Surveyor General, (JOHN MACNEILE PRICE.)
PHINEAS RYRIE.
WONG SHING.
ABSENT:
His Honour the Chief Justice, (SIR GEORGE PHILLIPPO, Knt.,) on leave.
The Honourable the Attorney General, (EDWARD LOUGHLIN O'MALLEY,) on leave.
WILLIAM KESWICK, on leave.
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THOMAS JACKSON, on leave.
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FREDERICK DAVID SASSOON, on leave.
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The Council met pursuant to adjournment.
The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 14th instant, were read and confirmed.
Bill read a thIRD TIME AND PASSED.-On the motion of the Acting Attorney General, seconded by the Acting Colonial Secretary, the Bill entitled The Spirit Licences Ordinance, 1886 was read a third time.
Question put-that this Bill do pass.
Bill passed.
CLOSING OF THE SESSION.-His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government closed the Session with the following speech
HONOURABLE GENTLEMEN OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
1. The time has now arrived for closing the Session of 1885-86, during which a con- siderable amount of useful legislation and other public business has been dealt with by you.
2. I believe it will be necessary to summon a special meeting in the month of September next, in order to consider the Estimates for the ensuing year; but the opening of the next annual Session will not take place until October or November, in accordance with the practice of the two past years.
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