LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL No. 3.
WEDNESDAY, 17TH DECEMBER, 1884.
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PRESENT:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR
(SIR GEORGE FERGUSON BOWEN, G.C.M.G.)
His Honour the Chief Justice, (SIR GEORGE PHILLIPPO, Knt.)
The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (WILLIAM HENRY MARSH, C.M.G.)
the Attorney General, (EDWARD LOUGHLIN O'MALLEY.)
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the Colonial Treasurer, (ALFRED LISTER.)
the Surveyor General, (JOHN MACNEILE PRICE.)
the Registrar General (FREDERICK STEWART, LL.D.) PHINEAS RYRIE.
WILLIAM Keswick.
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THOMAS JACKSON.
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FREDERICK DAVID SASSOON.
WONG SHING.
The Council met in pursuance of adjournment.
Minutes read and confirmed.
PAPERS.—The Honourable the Colonial Secretary laid on the table the following Paper :-
Despatches respecting the payment of a Roman Catholic Chaplain for the Gaol and Civil Hospital.
MINUTES OF THE GOVERNOR REFERRED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.-Read the following Minutes by His Excellency the Governor :-
(1.)
G. F. BOWEN.
In the speech at the opening of the Session of the Legislative Council on the 3rd instant, the Governor informed the Council that it might become expedient to revise the Estimates for 1885.
Such revision has now been made, and a revised copy of the Estimates is now ready for consideration by the Council.
It has been deemed prudent to reduce the Estimates of Revenue from the amount originally stated,
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that is to say, $77,188 lower than what was estimated in June last.
$1,212,188 1,135,000
As regards the expenditure, it is necessary in the first place to increase the amount by certain items, some of which have been already voted by this Council, whilst the necessity of others has become apparent since the Estimates were framed.
These items added to the original Estimates will bring the total amount up from $1,150,801 to $1,173,521.
On the other hand the Council will be invited to consider certain reductions in expendi- ture, amounting in all to $82,900, the details of which will be laid before them.
The total amount of expenditure will then be reduced from $1,173,521 to $1,085,600 leaving a margin of Revenue to meet unforeseen expenses of about $45,000.
17th December, 1884.
(2.) On laying the Estimates before the Council in June last, it was stated that the Estimate of Extraordinary Public Works to be defrayed from accumulated balances would be postponed till the present Session of Council.
This Estimate is now laid on the table, and the Council is requested to vote the different items amounting altogether to $594,700 as shewn in the annexed Schedule.