Although His Majesty was not crowned seems to have given orders that the honours he had intended t" dispense should be distributed, for news arrived on the 26th inst. that Sir Thos. Jackson had been {ereated a baronet, that the Hon. Chater had been Kai, MIC, had been made a Com:
nion of the Imperial Service Order. The hews Was received with much satisfaction, and a telegram was dispatched to L ndon to Mr. Chater from a gathering of his friends conveying their hearty consratulations.
The New Members of Council.
At the meeting of the Legislative Council held on the 23rd inst., the two newly nominated W. F. Playfairand in, and the immediately proceeded find his voice. He first raised a tion on the minutes, which he had only contained the questions put without the replies being given. Tt-was pointed out that these were printed in ' Hansard," and the Harbour Master drow attention to the fact that they were given on the public prints, after which the matter dropped. But Mr. Shewan found further opprslater on. He queried the manner in which the supplementary vote for miscellancuus services was stated, and on the second reading of an Ordinance for the naturalisation of one Ku riy who rejoined in three different aliases, he expressed. the opinion that one name was suttivient. After some little discussion, Mr. Shewan's suggestion was ruled out of order, the Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. Shewan was perhaps too cayer to make himself heard and prove tht he had no intention of being a silent member, but I think he was on the lines of common sense when he protested against a Chinaman's aliases being recognised and registered
polished. Hongkong is a British Colony, Ordinance, wis system should be and in no part of the British Empire. so far as Tam i lowed to register a system among Eh obs-lutely pernicious great deal of confusion inthe Law Courts, ft also opens a very wide door to fraud, and, whatever the practice in China, it ought not to be officially recognised here. On the contrary, it would be a measure of sound precaution for all Chinese to be registered by one name, and to be prohibited from using any' other in public matters or in_ business relations, Mr. contented himself with Play notice of intention to Telative to the steps being t nto enlarge the storage for water supply.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.