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HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 111

23RD NOVEMBER, 1925.

A joint meeting of the Executive and Legislative Councils was held in the Council Chamber at 9.30 a.m. on Monday, the 23rd November, 1925.

PRESENT:―

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR (MR. CECIL CLEMENTI, C.M.G.).

HON. THE OFFICER COMMANDING THE TROOPS (COLONEL CLAUDE RUSSELL BROWN, D.S.O.)

THE COLONIAL SECRETARY (HON. MR. A. G. M. FLETCHER, C.M.G., C.B.E.).

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL (HON. SIR HENRY POLLOCK, K.C.).

THE COLONIAL TREASURER (HON. MR. C. MCI. MESSER, O.B.E.).

HON. MR. H. T. CREASY (Director of Public Works).

HON. MR. D. W. TRATMAN (Secretary for Chinese Affairs).

HON. DR. J. B. ADDISON, M.B.E. (Principal Civil Medical Officer).

HON. SIR C. PAUL CHATER.

HON. MR. P. H. HOLYOAK.

HON. MR. A. O. LANG.

HON. MR. CHOW SHOU-SON.

HON. MR. H. W. BIRD.

HON. MR. R. H. KOTEWALL.

HON. MR. C. G. ALABASTER, K.C., O.B.E. The following resolution was proposed by HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR seconded by the HON. SIR PAUL CHATER and supported by the HON. MR. CHOW SHOU SON and passed unanimously:―

"That the members of the Executive and Legislative Councils have heard with profound sorrow the sad an nouncement of the death of Her late Majesty QUEEN ALEXANDRA and desire to tender their humble duty and to express their most heartfelt loyal and respectful sympathy with Their Majesties the King and Queen and the Royal Family in their bereavement."