11th December, 1849.
Present:
His Excellency The Governor,
The Honorable The Chief Justice,
The Honorable The Colonial Treasurer.
The minutes of the last Council were read and approved.
Read a first time Draft of a Consular ordinance, entitled "An ordinance to amend and "explain the ordinance No. 9 of 1845, entitled 'An ordinance to invest the Supreme "'Court of Hongkong with a Summary Jurisdiction in certain cases'; as also the "ordinance No. 3 of 1849, passed to amend the said ordinance No. 9 of 1845; and to "amend and explain the ordinance No. 3 of 1847, entitled 'An ordinance to authorize "'Her Majesty's Consular officers to adjudicate in Civil Actions'; and also to make "provision for certain causes of Civil Action or Complaint, originating beyond the "limits of the Colony of Hongkong, for or against any such officers."
(Signed) S. G. Bonham
Read and approved this 26th Day of December, 1849.
(Signed) L. d'Almada e Castro,
Clerk of Councils.
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