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No. 17.
REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
FINANCE COMMITTEE,
AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG,
On the 19th September, 1887.
C.S.0. 2090 of 1887.
PRESENT:
The Honourable the Acting Colonial Secretary (FREDERICK STEWART), Chairman. His Honour the Acting Chief Justice (JAMES RUSSELL), vice His Honour SIR GEORGE
PHILLIPPO. Knt., on leave.
The Honourable the Acting Attorney General, (EDWARD JAMES ACKROYD).
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the Colonial Treasurer, (ALFRED LISTER).
the Surveyor General, (JOHN MACNEILE PRICE).
HENRY GEORGE THOMSETT, R.N.
PHINEAS RYRIE.
WONG SHING.
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JOHN BELL-IRVING, (vice the Honourable WILLIAM KESWICK, on leave).
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CATCHICK PAUL CHATER, (vice the Honourable FREDERICK DAVID SASSOON,
on leave).
ALEXANDER PALMER MACEWEN.
The Committee meet this day at the request of the Acting Colonial Secretary.
The Report of the proceedings of the last Meeting, held on the 9th instant, having been taken as read, is confirmed.
Street Improvement.
Read the following Minute by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Govern-
ment:
The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote the sum of $1,500 for the purchase of a small corner of Inland Lot 24, in Queen's Road West, immediately below the hill whereon stands the Civil Hospital. The thoroughfare makes a sharp angle in skirting round the hill; and, as the traffic through Queen's Road West is incessant, it would be for the safety of riders in chairs and jinrickshas to shave off the small corner, and thus avoid the accidents which are always taking place at this spot.
Government House, Hongkong, 19th September, 1887.
After some explanations by the Chairman, the Committee recommend that the amount be voted.
The Committee then adjourn sine dic.
Laid before the Legislative Council on the 23rd September, 1887.