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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST JUNE, 1884.
VOTE PASSED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.-The Acting Colonial Secretary moved the following Vote passed by the Finance Committee :-
(Finance Committee, 5th June, 1884.)
SERVICES EXCLUSIVE OF
ESTABLISHMENTS.
Postmaster General.
Conveyance of Mails:-
Contribution to lessen the loss sustained by the Imperial Treasury on the Eastern Mail Service from the 1st of February, 1883 to the 31st December, 1884, at the rate of £6,000 per annum,
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and passed.
.$63,000.00
The Governor addressed the Council.
BILLS READ A FIRST TIME.- On the motion of the Acting Colonial Secretary, seconded by the Acting Colonial Treasurer, the following Bills were read a first time:-
An Ordinance to authorise the Appropriation of a Supplementary Sum of Two hundred and Thirty-five thousand Three hundred and Forty-five Dollars and Twenty-six Cents to defray the Charges of the Year 1883.
An Ordinance to apply a sum not exceeding One million and Six thousand, Eight hundred and
Eighty-one Dollars to the Public Service of the Year 1885.
The Acting Colonial Secretary moved that these Bills be referred to the Finance Committee.
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and passed.
On the motion of the Acting Colonial Secretary, the Council adjourned until Thursday, the 19th instant, at 4 P.M.
Read and confirmed, this 19th day of June, 1884.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Acting Clerk of Councils.
G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 225.
His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr. NG A-YUK to be an Interpreter in the Sanitary Department, with effect from the 1st March last.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 19th June, 1884.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.