394
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20TH AUGUST, 1870.
The Appropriation Bill being in accordance with the foregoing Votes, His Excellency puts the
Question:-
That this Bill do pass, and that the Title be "An Ordinance enacted by the Governor ci Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to authorize the Appropriation of Supplementary Sum not exceeding One hundred and Forty-one thousand Dollars to defray th Charges of the Year 1869.”
Question put and carried,-the Ordinance being numbered "No. 5 of 1870."
The Amended Appropriation Bill for 1870 is next read a Second time, and the Council goes into Com
mittee upon the Amended Estimates for the said year.
The following Votes are agreed to:-
CIVIL DEPARTMENTS:-
Governor,
Colonial Secretary, Colonial Treasurer, Auditor General, Clerk of Councils, Surveyor General,
Fostmaster General, Registrar General,
8
710.0**
13,076.0
4,880.00
14,087,00
100.00
27,810.00
34,134 ( 11,238.00
Upon this Vote for the Establishment of the Registrar General being proposed, The Honorable The Colonial Secretary adverts to the Salary of the Registrar General, and says that owing to recent Legislation, that Office has become one of very great importance and its duties are now not only extremely varied and onerous, but demand special qualifications in the Officer holding it, who must of necessity be a Person commanding the confidence of the Council and of the Public. He, therefore, moves that the Salary of that Officer be permanently fixed at the same amount as the Salaries of the Colonial Treasurer and Surveyor General, namely, $4,800
per annum.
The Honorable The Attorney General seconds the motion, and in doing so states, that he concurs in the remarks of the Honorable The Colonial Secretary, and looks upon the present Office of Registrar General as quite distinct from the old Office of that name. He considers that the present Vote should be looked at not so much as a Vote to increase the old Salary, as to provide an adequate Salary for the Head of an important Department,--practically of new creation.
Discussion follows, after which the Vote is unanimously agreed to.
Consideration of the Estimates in Committee is resumed, and the following Votes are agreed to:-
Harbor Master,. . . .
Collector of Stamp Revenue,
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENTS,
$ 28,447.00
4,450.0)
9,948.00
192 00
REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES' DEPARTMENT,
ECCLESIASTICAL
DEPARTMENT,
EDUCATIONAL
do.,
MEDICAL
do.,
POLICE MAGISTRATES'
do.,
POLICE
do.,
GAOL
do.,
FIRE BRIGADE,
do.,
CHARITABLE ALLOWANCES,.
TRANSPORT,
WORKS AND Buildings,
ROADS, STREETS, AND BRIDGES,
MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES,
LAND AND HOUSES PURCHASED,
MILITARY CONTRIBUTION,.
TOTAL,
1,134,00
14,292.00
25.552.00
6,748.00
166,075.29
42,671.00
7,276.00
1,256.00
3,500.00
171,660.00
25,000.00
36,700,00
40,000,00
94,117.03
$785,714.45
The Estimates having gone through Committee, and the Appropriation Bill being amended in accordance with the foregoing Votes, His Excellency puts the Question:-
That this Bill, as amended, do pass, and that the Title be "An Ordinance enacted by the "Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to apply a Sum not "exceeding Seven hundred and Eighty-six thousand Dollars to the Public Service of the Year 1870."
Question put and carried,—the Ordinance being numbered "No. 6 of 1870."
The Bill for the Punishment of deported Criminals is read a Second time, and committed.
Section I agreed to.
Section II amended and agreed to.
Sections III to VII agreed to.
Preamble agreed to.