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THE

Hongkong

Government

GAZETTE.

NEW SERIES.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 15TH MAY, 1858.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

VOL. III. No. 154.

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. 12 of 1858.

MONDAY, 10th MAY, 1858.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR, AND ALL THE MEMBERS.

The Council met to-day, pursuant to adjournment.

The Minutes of the last Council being read, an omission was ordered to be supplied in respect of the Votes taken

upon Section XX of the Registration Ordinance. The Minutes were then approved.

It was ordered that the following Errata be inserted in the next Government Gazette:

Omitted from the last Minutes the following passage,—

The Acting Colonial Secretary proposed that the word "Registrar" in Section XX., be substituted for "Sur-

veyor.

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Debate ensued.

The Governor put the question,-That the word “Surveyor" be retained.-

Council divided.

Ayes (6.)

MR DENT.

MR LYALL.

MR JARDINE,

CHIEF MAGISTRATE. COLONIAL TREASURER.

ATTORNEY GENERAL.

Noes (2.)

ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY. SURVEYOR GENERAL.

That the name of the Honourable Mr Jardine be substituted for that of the Honourable Mr Dent, in the

motion for enquiry into the conduct of the Acting Colonial Secretary in the Opium Monopoly question. The Honourable the Lieutenant-Governor (who was absent at the last meeting) stated his unwillingness to form part of the Committee to enquire into the conduct of the Acting Colonial Secretary, as connected with the Opium Monopoly; whereupon,---

Debate ensuing,

It was moved by the Attorney General, seconded by the Lieutenant-Governor, and agreed to, that such Committee

do consist of the Chief Magistrate and Mr Dent.

It was moved by the Chief Magistrate, seconded by the Colonial Treasurer, and agreed to, that the Committee

be authorized to admit the Public to bo present at their proceedings.

The Governor placed the Council Room at their disposal, for the sittings of the Committee.

The Council resolved itself into a Committee of the whole, for the consideration of the remaining Sections of the

Registration Ordinance.

On the motion of the Attorney General, a new Secțion was introduced, and ordered to stand as Section XXVII. Section XXX was renumbered, and made Section XXVIII.

The Acting Colonial Secretary proposed an amendment: That after the word "before" in the second line of the.

said Section, the following words be inserted :-"the Registrar General, if a Justice of the Peace, or (if the said person shall so demand) before."

Debate ensued.