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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

No. 26.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 30TH JUNE, 1860.

VOL. VI.

VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF HONGKONG.

No. 8 OF 1860.

SATURDAY, 12TH MAY, 1860.

PRESENT:

His Excellency THE GOVERNOR and all the Members, except Mr. JARDINE, absent on leave to the North. The Council met to-day, pursuant to adjournment.

The Minutes of the Council, held on the 30th April, were read, amended, and approved.

The Bill, entitled "An Ordinance to establish and regulate certain Fees to be taken for Duties requir ed to be performed under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854,” was read a second time;—-

And the Council went into Committee upon the said Bill.

Sections 1 and 2 amended, and agreed to.

Schedule amended, and agreed to.

Preamble amended, and agreed to. Title amended, and agreed to.

Bill, as amended, to be reported.

Bill reported accordingly.

The Council having adopted the amendments made in Committee, the Governor put the Question-

That this Bill do pass, and that the Title be "An Ordinance to establish and regulate certain Fees to be taken for Duties to be performed under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854."

Question put and carried, the Ordinance being numbered "No. 10 of 1860."

The Council then adjourned sine die.

Read and approved, this 30th Day of June, 1860.

L. D'ALMADA È CASTRO,

Clerk of Councils.

HERCULES G. R. ROBINSON, Governor.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Bill, read a second time at a Meeting of the Legislative Council held this day, is published for general information.

By Order,

Council Room, Victoria, Hongkong, 30th June, 1860.

HONGKONG.

L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO,

Clerk of Councils.

ANNO VICESIMO QUARTO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ.

No. of 1860.

By His Excellency SIR HERCULES GEORGE ROBERT ROBINSON, Knight, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice- Admiral of the same, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong.

An Ordinance to establish a Marine Court of Inquiry in Hongkong.

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1860.]

Whereas it is expedient to establish a Tribunal within this Colony with Authority Preamble. to make Inquiry into Charges of Incompetency or Misconduct on the Part of Masters