900
C.5.0.
2016 of 1888.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 17TH SEPTEMBER, 1898.
WILSONE BLACK.
The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Two thousand Dollars ($2,000) in aid of the following votes in the Police Department :---
(1) Coal, Oil, &c., for launches,
(2) Purchase and Repair of Boats,
$1,300.00 700.00
Total,...............$2,000.00
Government House, Hongkong, 24th August, 1898.
The Acting Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question -put and agreed to.
REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.--The Acting Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, laid on the table the report of the Finance Committee dated the 15th August, 1898, (No. 4), and moved its adoption.
The Acting Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question---put and agreed to.
RESOLUTION.-The Director of Public Works, pursuant to notice, addressed the Council and moved the following resolution:-
Be it resolved by the Legislative Council that the percentages on the valuations of tenements, payable as rates, within the area bounded—
On the north, by a straight line passing through a point on the Victoria and Shaukiwan Road 500 feet northwards of where the northern boundary of Shaukiwan Marine Lot No. 1 crosses the said road, thence drawn in an easterly direction through a point on the Shaukiwan and Akung-Ngam Road 500 feet northwards of the north-west corner of the Shaukiwan Police Station, and extended in each direction to meet the eastern and western boundaries.
On the west, south and east by a line 500 feet inland from the centre of the present Victoria and Shaukiwan Road and the present main street of Shankiwan, where not already so altered be altered from 7 to 9 per cent.
The Acting Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE IMPOSITION OF FEES FOR THE NATURALIZATION OF ALIENS NATURALIZED AS BRITISH SUBJECTS WITHIN THE LIMITS OF HONGKONG.--The Attorney General moved the first reading of the Bill.
The Acting Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a first time.
BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO FURTHER AMEND THE MAGISTRATES Ordinance, 1890.-The Attorney General moved the first reading of the Bill.
The Acting Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a first time.
BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE FOR THE NATURALIZATION OF LO CHUNG PAK, alias Lo YUEN POON, alias Lo SHAU Ü.--The Attorney General moved the first reading of the Bill.
The Acting Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a first time.
BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE FOR THE NATURALIZATION OF CHAN LI Chor, alias CHAN CHUN CHTEN.-The Attorney General moved the second reading of the Bill.
The Acting Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a second time.
Council in Committee on the Bill.