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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
No. 4.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 25TH JANUARY, 1862.
VOL. VIII.
VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF HONGKONG.
No. 6 of 1861.
TUESDAY, 24TH DECEMBER, 1861.
PRESENT:
His Excellency the GOVERNOR and all the Members, except the CHIEF JUSTICE and the ATTORNEY GENERAL, absent on Judicial business.
The Council met to-day by special Summons.
The Minutes of the Council held on the 29th June last, were read and approved.
Read a first time a Bill, entitled "An Ordinance to authorize the appropriation of a Supplementary Sum not exceeding Twelve thousand and Fourteen Pounds to defray the charges of the Year "1861";-
And the Standing Orders being suspended, the said Bill was read a second time,-
And the Council went into Committee upon the Supplementary Estimates for 1861. The following Votes were then agreed to:----
ESTABLISHMENTS:-
Treasurer,.
Auditor,
Surveyor General,
d.
35 0 0 200 0 0 132 11
10 0
Registrar General,
93 15
4
Harbour Master,
18 15
Medical, Civil Hospital,
1,137 16
Police,
170 0
Gaols,.
REVENUE SERVICES, (ExcLUSIVE OF ESTABLISHMENTS),
558 0
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE,
Do.,
67 0
HOSPITALS,
Do.,
POLICE,
Do.,
GAOLS.
Do.,
TRANSPORT,
WORKS AND BUILDINGS,
ROADS, STREETS AND BRIDGES,
MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES,
LAND AND HOUSES PURCHASED,
4,270 16
205 0 760
1,177 0
254 0
0
557 0 0
2,006 0 0
90 6
8
270 0 0
SPECIAL EXPENSES,
TOTAL,.
.£12,013 í
The Appropriation Bill being in accordance with the foregoing Votes, the Governor put the Question,--
That this Bill do pass, and that the Title be-"An Ordinance to authorize the appropriation of Supplementary Sum not exceeding Twelve thousand and Fourteen Pounds to defray the charges of the Year 1861.”
Question put and carried,--the Ordinance being numbered "No. 5 of 1861."
Read Despatch, No. 104 of 24th October, 1861, from the Secretary of State, announcing the grant of a retiring Pension to Mr. William Chapraan, late Postmaster General of Hongkong, at the rate of £146.13.4 per annum.
Read Despatch, No. 92 of 2nd October, 1861, from the Secretary of State, respecting the abolition of Contract Passages at a reduced rate for Colonial Officers on the Steamers of the Peninsular and