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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
No. 37.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 7TH SEPTEMBER, 1872.
VOL. XVIII.
VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF HONGKONG.
No. 8 OF 1872.
TUESDAY, 23RD JULY, 1872.
PRESENT:
His Excellency Governor SIR ARthur Edward KENNEDY, K.C.M.G., C.B. The Honorable the Acting Chief Justice (HENRY JOHN BALL).
The Honorable the Acting Colonial Secretary (CECIL CLEMENTI SMITH). The Honorable the Acting Attorney General (THOMAS CHILD HAYLLAR). The Honorable the Acting Treasurer (CHARLES MAY).
The Honorable PHINEAS RYRIE.
The Honorable HENRY Lowcock.
The Honorable JAMES GREIG.
The Honorable WILLIAM HASTINGS ALEXAnder.
The Honorable JAMES WHITTALL.
The Council meets this day at 3 P.M., pursuant to adjournment.
The Minutes of the Council held on the 9th July, are read and confirmed.
His Excellency lays on the Table the Report of the Commission which was appointed by Governor
SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, on the 22nd December, 1871, to institute enquiries into the Efficiency and Organization of the Police Force, and the Prevention of Crime in this Colony. This Report bears date the 27th June, 1872, and reached His Excellency on the 12th July now instant.
The Honorable the Acting Colonial Secretary, by direction of His Excellency, submits the Rules for the guidance of the Finance Committee, which were read at the last Meeting,—and the same are approved.
They are as follows:-
Rules for the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council.
1. That a Finance Committee, open to all Members, be constituted.
2. That three Members shall form a Quorum at each Meeting, when the Senior
Member present shall preside.
3. That the Committee shall assemble at such times as they may be summoned for
the despatch of business.
4. That the Committee shall have power to entertain such financial questions only as
may be submitted for consideration by the Governor.
The Honorable PHINEAS RYRIE, in accordance with the notice given at the last Meeting, asks His Excellency if there is any objection to lay before the Council the Instructions of the Secretary of State, regarding the disposal of the Special Fund. The Honorable Member further requests, that a Statement be laid on the Table showing the Sums expended from that Fund, besides those which have appeared in Documents already published.
His Excellency replies:-"The Instructions of the Secretary of State regarding the disposal of the Special Fund, are conveyed in Despatches which I am not at liberty to lay before the Council. I may, however, inform the Council that on the return of SIR RICHARD MACDONNELL in