Minutes of the legislative Council of Hongkong for the half year ending 30th June 1856.
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2nd January 1856.
Present:
His Excellency The Governor,
The Honorable The Lieutenant Governor,
The Honorable The Acting Attorney General,
The Honorable C. B. Hillier, Esquire,
The Honorable J. F. Edger, Esquire.
The Council met to day pursuant to adjournment.
The Minutes of the last Council were read and approved.
Read a second time, and passed, the Ordinance entitled "An Ordinance to continue in "operation Ordinance No. 1 of 1855 'to enforce Neutrality during the contest now existing "in China'," being No. 1 of 1856, which was ordered to be printed and published in the next Government Gazette.
A Draft Ordinance to amend the Law regarding Bills of Lading was then read a first time, and ordered to be printed, and the Council adjourned till Saturday the 12th instant, at one o'clock precisely.
(Singed) John Bowring,
Governor
Read and approved
This 12th day of January 1856,
(Signed) L. d'Almada e Castro,
Clerk of Councils.
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