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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

No. 8.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 21ST FEBRUARY, 1874.

VOL. XX.

VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF HONGKONG.

No. 23 of 1873.

TUESDAY, 9TH DECEMBER, 1873.

PRESENT:

His Excellency Governor SIR ARTHUR EDWARD KENNEDY, K.C.M.G., C.B.

The Honorable the Chief Justice (JOHN SMALE).

The Honorable the Acting Colonial Secretary (CECIL CLEMENTI SMITH). The Honorable the Acting Attorney General (THOMAS CHILD HAYLLAR). The Honorable the Acting Treasurer (CHARLES May).

The Honorable PHINEAS RYRIE.

The Honorable WILLIAM HASTINGS ALEXander.

The Honorable JAMES WHITTALL.

ABSENT:

The Honorable RICHARD ROWETT,-absent on leave.

The Council meets this day at 2.30 P.M., by Special Summons.

The Minutes of the Council held on the 2nd December, are read and confirmed.

The Bill for the Registration of Trade Marks is read a second time, and the Council goes into Com-

mittee upon the Clauses of the Bill.

The Honorable the Acting Colonial Secretary states that the Draft of this Bill was sub- mitted to the Secretary of State, and had received the sanction of His Lordship as well as that of the Board of Trade. He then reads a Letter from the Board of Trade of the 10th Septem- ber, 1873, in which they signify their approval of the proposed Enactment.

The Honorable the Acting Attorney General explains the provisions of the Bill. At his suggestion, Section 3 is amended and agreed to; and the Bill having gone through Committee, is adopted by the Council as amended, and passed,-bearing the Title of "An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to provide for the Registration of Trade Marks,"-being "No. 16 of 1873."

The Bill for the Establishment of Light-houses in the Colony is read a second time, and committed.

The Bill is then discussed Clause by Clause, amended, and agreed to.

The Bill having gone through Committee is reported with amendments.

The Council adopts the amendments made in Committee, and the Bill as amended is passed, bearing the Title of "An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to establish Light-houses, Buoys, or Beacons within the Colony," -being "No. 17 of 1873."

The Bill for the Oral Examination of Prisoners is read a second time, and the Council goes into

Committee upon the Clauses of the Bill.

At the suggestion of the Honorable the Chief Justice, Sections 2, 4 and 5 are amended and agreed to.

The Bill having gone through Committee, is reported with amendments.

The Council adopts the amendments made in Committee, and the Bill, as amended, is passed,-bearing the Title of "An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to provide for the Oral Examination of Prisoners,"- being "No. 18 of 1873."