met again on the 17th inst. The proceedings were not specially interesting. A Bill to amend the Police Ordinance of 1887, rendered necessary by the acquisition of the New Territory, was put through all its stages and ultimately passed, as was the Arms and Ammunition Amendment Ordinance; the Bankruptcy Amendment Or-finance was allowed to stand over for a time, and the Bill to make provision for the preparation and publication of a new and revised edition of the Statute Laws of the Colony was read a third time and passed. BLE, the Governor said there was no further business to come before them this year, and having consulted the Chamber of Commerce and the Banks, he had declared Monday, the 24th, a public holiday as well as Tueslay and Wednesday, Christmas and Boxing Day. The Council then adjourned sine die.
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