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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
No. 27.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 5TH JULY, 1873.
VOL. XIX.
VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF HONGKONG.
No. 13 of 1873.
WEDNESDAY, 4TH JUNE, 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 Attorney General (JULIAN PAUncefote).
The Honorable the Acting Treasurer (CHARLES MAY).
The Honorable HENRY JOHN BALL.
The Honorable PHINEAS RYRIE.
The Honorable RICHARD ROWETT.
The Honorable WILLIAM HASTINGS ALEXANDER.
The Honorable JAMES WHITTALL.
The Council meets this day at 2.30 P.M., by Special Summons.
The Minutes of the Council held on the 8th May, are read and confirmed.
Read Circular Despatch, of the 11th March, 1873, from the Right Honorable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, concerning the establishment and maintenance of a permanent Exhibition of Colonial Products in connection with the Exhibition Building at South Kensington.
His Excellency states that the Despatch just read had been circulated amongst Honoruble Members for the purpose of ascertaining their individual opinious in carrying out the views of Her Majesty's Government. The majority had expressed their opinion that Hongkong having no Products to represent, could not respond to the invitation of Her Majesty's Government. In this opinion His Excellency concurred, and he now desires to ascertain the decision of the Council, that he may be able to answer the Secretary of State in reference to the proposal that Hongkong should join in the Undertaking.
Discussion follows,-and it is Resolved, that the proposal contained in the Circular Despatch referred
to is inapplicable to this Colony.
His Excellency lays on the Table a Despatch from the Secretary of State, No. 41 of the 14th April, 1873, transmitting correspondence showing the steps taken by His Lordship respecting the question of the improvement of the Water Supply.
The Bill for the Relief of Trustees and Executors is read a second time.
On going into Committee for the consideration of this Bill, it is moved by the Governor and unani- mously agreed to, that a Special Committee be appointed to examine into and report to the Council upon the Clauses of the proposed Bill. His Excellency then names the Honorable THE CHIEF JUSTICE, the Honorable THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, the Honorable HENRY JOHN BALL, and the Honorable WILLIAM HASTINGS ALEXANDER to be Members of the Cominittee. Read a first time a Bill for the Amendment of the Law with respect to the Carriage and Deposit of
Dangerous Goods.
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