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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

No. 39.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 21ST SEPTEMBER, 1872.

VOL. XVIII.

VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF HONGKONG.

No. 9 or 1872.

THURSDAY, 5TH SEPTEMBER, 1872.

PRESENT:

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

The Honorable JAMES GREIG.

The Honorable WILLIAM HASTINGS ALEXANDER.

The Honorable JAMES Whittall.

ABSENT:

The Honorable the Acting Chief Justice (HENRY JOHN BALL), absent on leave.

The Council meets this day at 3 P.M., by Special Summons.

The Minutes of the Council held on the 23rd July, are read and confirmed.

Read a Despatch from the Right Honorable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, No. 93 of the 11th July, notifying by the Queen's Command, that their Serene Highnesses Prince PHILIP and Prince AUGUSTUS (junior) of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Cousins of Her Majesty, propose to visit Hongkong.

The Honorable the Acting Attorney General, Chairman of the Special Committee appointed to examine and report upon the Explosive Substances Bill, brings up their Report, and the same is read and received.

The Report is as follows:-

"The Committee appointed by Your Excellency to consider and report upon the Ordinance for regulating the Manufacture, Importation and Storage of Explosive Substances, has thought it better to substitute for the short Ordinance read a second time on the 23rd July last, one of a more specific character.

"This Ordinance has been framed on two Acts of the Imperial Legislature, namcly, 29 and 30 Victoria, Cap. 69, and 34 and 35 Victoria, Cap. 105. The provisions of these Acts have been as closely adhered to as their applicability permitted.

"It will be observed that in this Ordinance the Committee have said nothing about the 'Manufacture' of Explosive Substances, but they have extended the provisions of the Ordinance to Ordinances No. 1 of 1848 and No. 4 of 1867, and they would recommend that the 18th Section should be amended by the addition that No. 1 of 1848 should be construed with this Ordinance and be taken for all purposes as one Ordinance.

"With these observations, I beg, on the part of the Committee, to hand to Your Excellency the Draft Ordinance.

"THOS. C. HAYLLAR,

"for the Committee. "5th September, 1872."

It is then resolved, that the above Report, together with the amended Bill submitted by the Special Committee, be published in the Government Gazette for general information.