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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH OCTOBER, 1878.
VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF HONGKONG.
No. 1 OF 1878.
TUESDAY, 19TH FEBRUARY, 1878.
PRESENT:
His Excellency Governor J. POPE HENNESSY, C.M.G.
The Honourable the Chief Justice (Sir JOHN SMALE).
The Honourable the Colonial Secretary (JOHN GARDINER AUSTIN, C.M.G.). The Honourable the Colonial Treasurer (CECIL C. SMITH).
The Honourable PHINEAS RYRIE.
The Honourable HENRY Lowcock.
The Honourable JOHN MACNeile Price.
The Honourable FRANCIS BULKELEY JOHNSON.
The Minutes of the last Meeting of Council are read and confirmed.
The draft Jury List for 1878 is taken into consideration, and, having been revised and amended, and the Special Jurors having been designated, is finally adopted.
On the motion of His Excelleney the Governor, the Bill to relieve a certain class of Passenger Steamers from the Regulations of Schedule A of the Chinese Passenger Act, 1855,' and from the Regulations of Schedule E of the Chinese Emigration Consolidation Ordinance, 1874,' and to substitute other Regulations in regard thereto, is read a second time.
His Excellency then moves the first reading of a Bill to prom for the Survey and Regulation of Steam-ships and Vessels propelled by steam, and states that th esso" accident, which had occurred since the last meeting of Council, pointed to the necess of immediate Legislation regarding the survey of steam-ships; the clauses in the general Merc1 Shipping Consolidation Bill relating to the subject had been made into a separ
The Bill is read a first time. On the motion of the Governor,
Finance Committee, are passed :-
t.
ring votes, which had been already sanctioned by the
PAYMENTS AUTHORID IN EXCESS OF THE ESTIMATES OF 1878, REQUIRING LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY. ·
Coun.
inal Secretary's
hines Interpreter, at £500 per annum,
$2,400.00
Allowanc
WODEHOUSE for extra work in the translation of Chinese
Petitions, $40 per month,.......
480.00
120.00
$3,000.00
Allowance for a Chinese Clerk, $10 per month,
Registrar General's Establishment.
Increase of pay to Inspector of Markets (Mr. ORLEY), at $20 per month, .... $ 220.00
Educational, Exclusive of Establishment.
Grants-in-Aid, additional vote,
+
$ 500.00
Works and Buildings.
Erection of a Bungalow at the Peak for Government Officers, Repairing the Roof over Lecture Hall in Central School,
$6,000.00
800.00
$6,800.00
Roads, Streets, and Bridges.
Sanitary Improvements at Aberdeen,
$1,000.00
Miscellaneous Services.
Furniture for Government House,
$5,000.00
Polishing and re-covering Chairs in Council Room, and one Table Cover,
(re-vote),.
.00
Compensation to Mr. TOMLIN, for losses sustained by being removed from
the Acting Superintendency of Victoria Gaol,...
$50.00
5,507.00