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THE

Hongkong

Government.

GAZETTE.

NEW SERIES.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 27т MARCH, 1858.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

VOL. III. No. 146.

The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo; and notice is hereby given, that a New SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that

“THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE" will, as before, be the only Official Organ for Proclamations, NotifICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government.

By Order,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855.

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF HONGKONG.

No. 8 of 1858.

MONDAY, 22d MARCH, 1858.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR AND ALL THE MEMBERS, EXCEPT THE COLONIAL TREASURER AND Mr JARDINE. 'The Council met to-day, pursuant to adjournment.

The Minutes of the last Council being read and approved,

The Chief Justice observed, that in the abstract of Proceedings of the Council, as published in the Government Gazette, the individual Votes of Members were not given, and suggested that the omission should be supplied in future publications.

The Acting Colonial Secretary submitted to His Excellency, that it would be highly desirable a more copious

statement of the Proceedings generally, should also accompany the votes.

His Excellency expressed his wish to meet the views of the Council on the subject;

And the opinion of the other Members being in perfect unison with the remarks and suggestions of the Chief

Justice, and the Acting Colonial Secretary:-

It was unanimously resolved, that the Votes and Proceedings of the Council should henceforward be published in the same shape as recorded in the Journal kept by the Clerk of Councils, the Governor reserving to himself the power of withholding from such publication any matters to which it might appear to him unadvisable to give publicity.

The Ordinance for the Supreme Court" was read a second time;

And the Council went into Committee upon the said Ordinance.

Section I was amended by enacting, that Proceedings be heard and determined as well in Term as out of Term,

and the amendment was agreed to.

The word “ordinary" was inserted after the word "The" at the commencement of Section II, and an amendment

made thereto, to the effect that the Criminal Sessions shall begin on the Eighteenth (instead of the Sixteenth) Day of each Month; or, if the said day shall be a dies non, on the first lawful day next following,

Section III was amended by inserting the word "Sessions" before the word "Hearing,” and substituting the word

Twelfth for "Tenth."

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Sections IV to VI were read, and agreed to.

Section VII was amended by requiring the Verdict of the Jury to be unanimous in Capital Cases.

A new Clause was introduced, providing that applications in matters of mere account shall be made within One Day

after issue is joined, at the latest; and the Clause being read and agreed to, passed as Section VIII. Sections VIII to XIV inclusive were re-numbered, and made Sections IX to XV.

A new Clause was added and made Section XVI, enacting that Crown Fees and Costs shall be payable in Dollars

only.

The Ordinance having gone through Committee, it was resolved that the same do pass, and that the title thereof be," in Ordinance for the Supreme Court."-It was then numbered as No. 3 of 1858, and ordered to be published in the next Government Gazette, for general information.

The Ordinance "for Appeals to the Supreme Court" was brought forward, and read a second time;

And the Council went into Committee on the said Ordinance.

Section I was adopted

Section II was amended by inserting the following words in the 7th line; namely: the word "Crown" before the word "Fee," and the word "current" after the word "One." In the eighth line the word "officially" was introduced after the word "made.”

Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Section III were amended, by inserting the word "current" before the word “Dollar.” Sections IV, V, and VI, were read and agreed to.

The words "within such time as the said Court may direct," were introduced after the word "Court," at the end

of the 6th line in Section VII.