THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12TH SEPTEMBER, 1874.
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It is then agreed, that the Bill, as amended, be reprinted, and the further consideration thereof in
Committee be adjourned until the next Meeting of the Council.,
The Honorable the Colonial Secretary reports that at a Meeting of the Finance Committee held on
the 17th of August, the following Votes were taken:-
Surveyor General's Department.
Interpreter for Out-door Inspection, 4 months, at $30,
Increase of Salary to Mr. McLeod, Senior Foreman, 8 months, at $20, Office Contingencies, .....
$120.00
160.00
100.00
Postmaster General's Department.
Increase of Salary to the Postmaster at Yokohama, 1 year, Increase of Salary to the Shroff at Yokohama, 1 year,
Registrar Generál's Department.
$240.00 144.00
5 Additional Market Scavengers, 4 months, at $5 each per month, ...$ 100.00
Judicial Department.
Mr. SHARP, Arrears of Salary as Crown Solicitor, from 1st April, Į 1872, to 31st December, 1873, at $1,200 per annum,.
$2,100.00
Police Department.
Increase of Salary to First Clerk, 1 year,........
$240.00
Works and Buildings.
Lock Hospital-Fire Places for,
$ 250.00
Victoria Gaol-Building Shed in Labor Yard,
1,200.00
Water Works-Maintenance of,
500.00
Say-ing-poon Market-Matshed for,
350.00
Public Gardens,
900.00
Repairs to Buildings,
3,500.00
Roads, Streets, and Bridges.
Drains in Victoria,
Storm Damages, ......
$5,000.00 375.00
Pensions, Retired Allowances, and Gratuities.
Gratuity to Gaol Guard DARRELL, on retirement from the Service,......$ 258.00
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234.00
236.00
His Excellency adjourns the Council at half-past 5 o'clock, till Monday next, the 7th September, at
2.30 P.M.
Read and confirmed, this 7th Day of September, 1874.
L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO,
Clerk of Councils.
A. E. KENNEDY,
Governor,