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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26TH NOVEMBER, 1879.
GAOL, EXCLUSIVE OF ESTABLISHMENTS,
CS Rent of Quarters for Warden HAYWARD, from 1st July, $25 per month.` ........$
C.S.O. No. 2246.
150.00
Works and Buildings.
cs. Maintenance of Telegraph-Supplementary Vote,
C.5.0. No. 2125.
C.S.O. No. 2512.
C.S.O. No. 1728.
Roads, Streets, and Bridges.
.$ 300.00
Repairs to damages caused by the Rainstorm of 12th and 13th September. $ 5,872.00
Miscellaneous Services.
CS Scavenging and removing Waste Products from the Village of Yau-ma-ti,
for 3 months, at $110,
C.S.O.
No. 2024.
C.S.O.
.$ 330.00
Gratuity to the Widow of the late Head Forester, Lu FUK, who served for a
period of more than twenty years,
Gratuity to Mr. HAZELAND, as Secretary to the Gambling Commission, No Subscription to Reuter's Political Telegrams, for the whole year....
No. 1521. C.8.0.
1445.
50.00
100.00 1,000.00
$ 1,480.00
The Colonial Secretary states that the vote of $11,350 for Steam Launches which had been passed in Finance Committee and which still required Legislative Authority had been embodied in the Estimates for 1880.
On the motion of the Honourable the Colonial Secretary there is read a first time the Supplemen- tary Appropriation Bill for the year 1878.
The Council goes into Committee upon the Naval Yard Police Force Ordinance Amendment Bill, and the Bill is committed and passed, bearing the title of " An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to extend Ordinance No. 1 of 1875, to provide means for enforcing good order and discipline in the Police Force employed in the Royal Naval Yard, to the other Establishment of the Royal Navy in this Colony,"-being "No. 3 of 1879."
Upon the Bill for the Survey of Steam-ships and Regulation of Vessels being brought forward for second Reading, the Acting Attorney General states that Her Majesty's Government had decided with regard to the point submitted to them by the Governor as to the application of this Bill to foreign Steamers that it might be so applied. By His Excellency's direction, Despatch No. 123 of the 9th September, 1879, from the Right Honourable Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH, is laid upon the table.
Upon the motion of the Acting Attorney General it is agreed to consider this Bill as a part of the Merchant Shipping Consolidation Bill and not as a separate measure, and he moves the second reading of the Merchant Shipping Consolidation Bill. The debate on the second reading is adjourned.
The following Bills are introduced and briefly explained by the Acting Attorney General and read a first time.
A Bill to amend the law relating to Chinese Passenger Ships and the conveyance of Chinese Emigrants.
A Bill to amend the Excise Ordinance (Opium) 1858-1879.
With the permission of His Excellency, the Honourable W. KESWICK offers detailed observations on the deportation papers which had been laid upon the table at the Meeting of Council on the 29th May, 1879.
His Excellency replies, and after some remarks by the Acting Attorney General, the Honourable W. KESWICK and his Honour the Chief Justice, the discussion is brought to a close.
His Excellency adjourns the Council sine die.
Read and confirmed, this 19th day of November, 1879.
H. E. WODEHOUSE,
Clerk of Councils,
J. POPE HENNESSY, Governor.