A special meeting of the Legislative Council was held on the Lith inst., at which BLE, the Governor proposed and the Hon.
Chater (senior unofficial member) seconded the following vote of condolence with the sovereigns of England and Germany on the loss sustained by them in the death of the Empress Frederic "That the members of the Legislative Council of Hongkong desire humbly to ex-prem fo His Majesty the King and His imperial Majesty the German Emperor the sorrow with which they have received the intelligence of the death of the Dowager Empress Frederick of Germany, Princess Royal of England, and their deep sympathy with their Majesties in their berenventent," The resolution was adopted nem. con.
Minute-guns wore fired by the men-of-war in port, led by H.M.S, Tamar, and commencing' at 5.:0 p.m., this being the date of the funeral of the deceased Empress.
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