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SIR,
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH OCTOBER, 1897.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 422.
The following Correspondence is published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th October, 1897.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
(Chairman, Jubilee Committee, to Colonial Secretary.)
HONGKONG, 22nd September, 1897.
I beg leave to inform you that the Jubilee Committee have collected the sum of Ninety-eight thousand Eight hundred and Ninety-two Dollars and Twenty-eight Cents, amount subscribed by the community wherewith to provide a permanent memorial of the Completion of the Sixtieth Year of Her Majesty's Reign. I have now to ask the Government for a cheque for an equal amount, in order that the whole sum of $197,784.56 may, in accordance with Resolution 3 passed at the meeting of the Jubilee Committee held on the 26th April and subsequently approved by His Excellency the Governor, be placed on deposit with the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, in the name of the Jubilee Committee.
Will you be good enough to inform His Excellency the Governor that the Committee is now engaged in preparing terms and conditions for competitive plans for the Victoria Hospital and Home for Training Nurses, and as soon as plans are selected they will be submitted for His Excellency's approval and work commenced.
I would further respectfully request you to ask His Excellency the Governor to kindly give directions, in accordance with his promise on the occasion of the celebration of the Jubilee, to have the Victoria Jubilee Road commenced at both ends.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
To Honourable J. H. STEWART Lockhart,
&c.,
Colonial Secretary,
&c.,
&c.
No. 1570.
C. P. CHATER,
Chairman of the Jubilee Committee.
(Colonial Secretary to Chairman, Jubilee Committee.)
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE,
HONGKONG, 4th October, 1897.
SIR,
In reply to your letter of the 22nd ultimo, I am directed to state, for the information of the Jubilee Committee, that a vote for the amount of the Government contribution towards the Jubilee Fund will be brought before the Finance Committee when the Legislative Council next meets.
The Acting Director of Public Works has promised a preliminary report on the proposed Victoria Jubilee Road in the course of a few days, which, after it has been received, will be duly submitted to the Committee.
I have the honour to be,
Honourable C. P. CHATER; C.M.G.,
Chairman, Jubilee Committee.
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.