7th June, 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 2nd time and passed, the ordinance entitled "An ordinance to amend the ordinance No. 7 of 1845, entitled 'An ordinance for the Regulation of Jurors and Juries'", being No. 4 of 1849, which was ordered to be printed and published in the Government Gazette.
Read the 2nd time and passed the 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'", being No. 1 of 1849, which was ordered to be printed and published in the Government Gazette.
Read the 2nd time and passed the ordinance entitled "An ordinance to facilitate the examination of Witnesses in certain cases before commissioners in the Colony of Hongkong", being No. 5 of 1849 which was ordered to be printed and published in the Government Gazette.
(Signed) S. G. Bonham
Read and approved this 5th day of July, 1849.
(Signed) L. d'Almada e Castro,
Clerk of Councils.
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