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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 11.

TUESDAY, 29TH AUGUST, 1893.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR

(Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, K.C.M.G.).

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (GEORGE THOMAS MICHAEL O'BRIEN, C.M.G.).

the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).

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the Colonial Treasurer, (NORMAN GILBERT MITCHELL-INNES).

the Director of Public Works, (FRANCIS ALFRED Cooper).

the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY).

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the Acting Registrar General, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON). CATCHICK PAUL CHATER.

JAMES JOHNSTONE KESWICK.

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THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD,

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS.

The Council met pursuant to notice.

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The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 17th ultimo, were read and confirmed. FINANCIAL MINUTES.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of the Governor, laid on the table the following Financial Minutes, and moved that they be referred to the Finance Committee:-

C.S.O. 1717 of 1893.

C.5.0. 1603 of 1893.

C.5.0. 1813 of 1893.

C.S.O. 1813 of 1898.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Six hundred Dollars, ($600), being the cost of furniture for Government House.

Government House, Hongkong, 27th July, 1893.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to re-vote the sum of Eighty thousand Dollars, ($80,000), being part of the sum voted in 1892, as the Government Contribution to the Praya

Reclamation Fund.

Government House, Hongkong, 10th August, 1893.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Five thousand Dollars, ($5,000), for repairs to Public Buildings.

Government House, Hongkong, 11th August, 1893.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One thousand and Five hundred Dollars, ($1,500), for repairs of Roads in Kowloon.

Government House, Hongkong, 11th August, 1893.

The Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of the Governor, laid on the table the following papers :-

1. Report of the Director of the Observatory for 1892. (No. 3.)

2. Report on the progress of Public Works during the first half-year, 1893. (No. 2.)

3. Despatch from the Secretary of State transmitting copy of a note from the Chinese

Minister with reference to the Yellow River Inundation in 1887. (No. 3.)

4. Despatch from the Secretary of State conveying Her Majesty's thanks for the congratula- tions on the marriage of His Royal Highness the Duke of York and Her Serene Highness the Princess Victoria of Teck. (C. O. D. 108).