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31st May, 1849.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor,

The Honorable the Chief Justice,

The Honorable the Attorney General.

The Minutes of the last Council were read and approved.

Read the first time Draft of an ordinance entitled "An ordinance to amend the ordinance No. "7 of 1845, entitled 'An ordinance for the Regulation of jurors and juries'".

Read the first time Draft of a Consular ordinance, entitled "An ordinance for the better "obtaining of Evidence in the Consular Courts in China, and to amend the ordinance "No. 3 of 1847, entitled 'An ordinance to authorize Her Majesty's Consular officers to "'adjudicate in Civil Actions'".

Read the first time Draft of an ordinance entitled "An ordinance to facilitate the "Examination of Witnesses in certain Cases before Commissioners in the Colony of "Hongkong."

Resolved that the Meeting of the next Council be on Wednesday, the 6th June next.

(Signed) S. G. Bonham

Read and Approved this 7th day of June, 1849.

(Signed) L. d'Almada e Castro,

Clerk of Councils.