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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 15.

THURSDAY, 23RD JULY, 1908.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR

(Sir FREDERICK JOHN DEALTRY LUGARD, K.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O.).

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.).

the Colonial Treasurer, (LEWIS AUDLEY MARSH JOHNSTON).

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the Registrar General, (EDWARD ALEXANDER IRVING).

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the Harbour Master, (Comdr. BASIL REGINALD HAMILTON TAYLOR, R.N.). Dr. Ho KAI, M.B., C.M., C.M.G.

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Mr. WEI YUK, C.M.G.

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Mr. HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, K.C.

Mr. MURRAY STEWART.

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Sir HENRY SPENCER BERKELEY, Kt., K.C.

ABSENT:

His Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops, (Major-General ROBERT GEORGE

BROADWOOD, C.B.).

The Honourable the Attorney General, (WILLIAM REES DAVIES, K.C.).

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the Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM, C.M.G.).

Mr. HENRY ADOLPHUS WARRE SLADE.

The Council met pursuant to summons.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 2nd July, 1908, were read and con- firmed.

FLOODS IN SOUTH CHINA.-His Excellency the Governor read a despatch from H.B.M.'s Acting Consul-General at Canton conveying the thanks of the Governor-General of the two Kuang provinces for the donation voted by the Council for the relief of the sufferers from the recent floods in the Kuang Tung and Kuang Si Provinces.

Papers.—The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following papers :-

Report of the Inspector of Schools for the year 1907.

Reports on the Health and Sanitary Condition of the Colony of Hongkong for the

year 1907.

Correspondence relating to the West River Floods.

FINANCIAL MINUTES.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following Financial Minutes, (Nos. 33–38 and 40), and moved that they be referred to the Finance Committee:-

No. 28 1 of 1906, 4.5.0.

F. D. LUGARD.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Four thousand six hundred and seventy Dollars ($4,670) in aid of the rote, Public Works, Recurrent, Maintenance of Lighthouses.

Government House, Hongkong, 3rd July, 1908.