At the meeting of the Leyislative Coun-1, held on the 9th inst., His Excellency the Governor, after welcoming the new members appointed during his absence (Hon. R. M. Gray and Hon. J. Thorburn), made anear little speech on the poli. ical situation in China, and said he was sure the Council would unite with him in condoring e_widow of Baron von Ketteler, German Minister, lately murdered in the streets of Peking. Sir Henry Blake also expressed an earnest hope that those now, in peril may be saved ant that the present momentous crisis would result iw the restoration of pexco on a stable and lasting foundation, Several ordinances were read a first time and the Governor pointed Hon, Ho Kai and Hon. R. ray to the vacancies on the Public Works Committee caused by the resignation of Hon. E.R. Belilios and the departure on leave of Hon. 'T, H. Whitehead.
THE VICORIA RECREATION CLUB, The annual meeting of the members of this cosmopolitan body was held on the 12th inst., when the accounts were passed, Captain Hastings, R.N, (now absent in England) was unanimously re-elected Chairman and Me. 'T. Yule was elected Secretary. Mz, B.D. Sanders, who pro-sided, stated, in the course of his speech, that the Admiralty had det rmined to trent the Club liberally, and would give them a strip of reclaimed land by Murray Pio, 50 feet in width by 250 feot in depth They would want a more pretentious built ing than the present Club house on the new site, but so far as boating and swimming ere concerned it would ly necessary' to close the Club when the reclamation "was made. Meantime, they hal got permission from the Commodore to erect a mat betireen the Torpedo Doyot and the Bri-quetta works, as wall as n temporary boo pier, and were in negotiation wit' the Sta Ferry Compwy for reduced fares across.
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