Bills read a first time on 12th August: - "The Prisons Regulations Amendment Ordinance, 1880"; "The Merchant Shipping Consolidation Ordinance Amendment Ordinance, 1880"; "An Ordinance to make temporary provision for securing the status of French Mail Steamers within the Ports of the Colony of Hongkong"; "The Emigration Ordinances Amendment Ordinance, 1880"; "An Ordinance to amend Ordinance 9 of 1857"; "An Ordinance to authorize the Appropriation of a Supplementary Sum of $51,777.90 to defray the charges of the Year 1879"