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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 13.

THURSDAY, 11TM OCTOBER, 1906.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR

(Sir MATTHEW NATHAN, K.C.M.G.).

The Honourable the Officer Commanding the Troops, (Colonel CHARLES HENRY DARLING,

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R.E.).

the Colonial Secretary, (THOMAS SERCOMBE SMITH).

the Attorney General, (Sir HENRY Spencer Berkeley, Kt., K.C.).

the Colonial Treasurer, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON).

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the Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM).

the Registrar General, (ARTHUR WINBOLT BREWIN).

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS JOSEph Badeley), Dr. Ho KAI, M.B., C.M., C.M.G.

Mr. WEI YUK,

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Mr. EDBERT ANSGAR HEWETT.

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Mr. WILLIAM JARDINE GRESSON.

ABSENT:

The Honourable Mr. HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, K.C.

Mr. EDWARD Osborne.

The Council met pursuant to adjournment.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 27th September, 1906, were read and confirmed.

His Excellency the Governor addressed the Council regarding the death of the late Harbour Master the Honourable Captain BARNES LAWRENCE.

COMMITTEES.-His Excellency the Governor, in accordance with the Standing Order No. 47, appointed the following Committees :-

Finance Committee. All the Members of the Council, except the Governor, with

the Colonial Secretary as Chairman.

Law Committee.-The Honourable the Attorney General (Chairman), the Hon- ourables the Captain Superintendent of Police, Dr. Ho KAI, Mr. WEI YUK, and Mr. H. E. POLLOCK, K.C.

Public Works Committee.-The Honourable the Director of Public Works (Chair- man), the Honourables the Colonial Treasurer, Mr. E. OSBORNE, Mr. E. A. HEWETT, and Mr. W. J. GRESSON.

FINANCIAL MINUTES.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following Financial Minutes, (Nos. 73 to 77), and moved that they be referred to the Finance Committee :--

No. 7410 of 1906, C.S.U.

111 in.

No. 7416 of

M. NATHAN.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One thousand two hundred Dollars ($1,200) in aid of the vote, Botanical and Forestry Department→ Other Charges, Repairs of Typhoon Damages.

Government House, Hongkong, 28th September, 1906.

M. NATHAN.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Forty-nine thousand 1905, 0.9.0. Dollars ($49,000) in aid of the vote, Public Works Extraordinary, Typhoon

Damages.

Government House, Hongkong, 8th October, 1906.