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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 7.

THURSDAY, 11TH APRIL, 1895.

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PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR

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

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary and Registrar General, (JAMES HALDANE STEWART

LOCKHART).

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the Acting Attorney General, (ALFRED Gascoyne WISE).

the Acting Colonial Treasurer, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON).

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

the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY, R.N.).

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CATCHICK PAUL CHATER.

JAMES JOHNstone KeswiCK.

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Ho KAI, M.B., C.M.

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EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G.

ALEXANDER MCCONACHIE.

The Council met pursuant to adjournment.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 4th instant, were read and confirmed.

NEW MEMBER.--Mr. ALFRED GASCOYNE WISE took his seat as Acting Attorney General, after having taken the Oath prescribed by The Promissory Oaths Ordinance, 1869.

FINANCIAL MINUTE.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following Financial Minute and moved that it be referred to the Finance Committee:-

C.O.D.

5 of 1895

and

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One thousand Three hundred and 32 of 1995. Twenty-four Dollars, ($1,324), in respect of additions to the salaries of the under mentioned Officers as from the 1st January, 1895, as sanctioned by the Secretary of State on the recom- mendation of the Retrenchment Committee:-

The Colonial Veterinary Surgeon,

$600.

$120 (for knowledge of Chinese).

$204.

$280.

The Steward of the Government Civil Hospital,...$120. Inspector Germain, Sanitary Department, The Head Bailiff, Supreme Court,

The 2nd Bailiff, Supreme Court,

Government House, Hongkong, 8th April, 1895.

The Acting Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the report of the Finance Committee dated the 4th April, 1895, (No. 4), and moved its adoption.

The Acting Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

PAPERS.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table

the following papers :-

(1) Registrar General's Report for the

year 1894.

(2) The Harbour Master's Report for 1894.

(3) Medical Report on the Epidemic of Bubonic Plague in 1894.

BILL ENTITLED

" AN ORDINANCE TO CONFER CERTAIN POWERS AND AUTHORITIES ON THE MEDICAL Officer of HEALTH."--The Acting Attorney General moved the first reading of this Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question--put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.