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QUESTIONS.-Mr. LAYTON, pursuant to notice, asked the following question :-

Has Mr. Leigh's Report on the Proposed Drainage Scheme been forwarded to the Secretary of State for the Colonies?

His Excellency the Governor replied.

Mr. RYRIE, pursuant to notice asked the following question :-

Has the Government got any official information of the occurrence on board the " Caledonien," which is reported in the public prints, of an Officer of the Supreme Court being obstructed in the execution of his duty?

His Excellency the Governor replied.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CATTLE DISEASES, SLAUGHTER-HOUSES, AND MARKETS ORDINANCE, 1887.-The Attorney General moved the first reading of this Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and passed.

Bill read a first time.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE REFORMATORY SCHOOLS ORDINANCE, 1886.—The Attorney General moved that the further consideration of this Bill in Committee be postponed.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and passed.

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BILL ENTITLED THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT ORDINANCE, 1889.-The Attorney General moved that the further consideration of this Bill in Committee be postponed.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and passed.

BYE-LAWS UNDER "THE PUBLIC HEALTH ORDINANCE, 1887."-His Excellency stated that it was not possible to proceed with these Bye-Laws as it had been found necessary to refer them back to the Sanitary Board for reconsideration.

ADJOURNMENT.-The Council then adjourned to Thursday, the 17th instant, at 4 P.M.

Read and confirmed, this 17th day of January, 1889.

ARATHOON SETH,

Clerk of Councils.

G. WILLIAM DES VEUX,

Governor.