10
C.S.O.
1526 of 1887.
C.S.O.
- 2658 of 1887.
C.S.O. 2530 of 1887.
C.S.O.
1492 of 1887.
C.S.0.
1404 of 1887.
..$ 325.00
SERVICES EXCLUSIVE OF ESTABLISHMENTS.
Medical.
(4.) General overhaul and repairs to Health Officer's Steam-launch Blanche, and
hire of a Steam-launch while the repairs are being executed,
Works and Buildings.
(5.) Additional vote for repairs to buildings,
Roads, Streets and Bridges.
(6.) New posts and rails for the Garrison Parade Ground,
Miscellaneous Services.
(7.) Expenses connected with the celebration of H. M. Jubilee, viz.:-
Jubilee Service held in the Cathedral,
Illuminations of Government buildings, Employment of additional Police Constables, .
Employment of Coolies at Fire Brigade Stations,..
Colonial Exhibition.
(S.) Re-vote of amounts voted in 1885 and 1886, as contributions towards the
expenses connected with the Indian and Colonial Exhibition, viz. :—
£500 voted in 1885 @ 3/5,
£275.11.0 out of £2,000 voted in 1886 @ 3/3,
.$2,200.00
.$ 500.00
$5.000.00
=$2,926.82
1,695.94
$4,622.76
2623
EXTRAORDINARY EXPENDITURES.
Extraordinary Works.
1823 of 1887. (9.) Repairs to damages from land-slips, fall of walls, injuries to culverts, and other damages caused by the heavy rainstorms and freshets during the rainy season of the year,..
The Treasurer.seconded.
Question-put and passed.
..$6,813.00
BILLS READ A FIRST TIME.-On the motion of the Honourable the Acting Attorney General, seconded by the Honourable the Colonial Secretary, the following Bills were read a first time:-
(a.) The Cathedral Ordinance, 1888.
(b.) The Vagrancy Ordinance, 1888.
(c.) An Ordinance to provide for the preservation of copies of Books printed in Hongkong, and
for the registration of such Books.
(d.) An Ordinance to amend the Reformatory Schools Ordinance, 1886.
(e.) The Regulation of Chinese Ordinance, 1888.
(f.) An Ordinance prohibiting the Enclosure of Verandahs erected over Crown Lands.
(g.) An Ordinance for the Registration of Imports and Exports.
(h.) The Trees Preservation Ordinance, 1888.
(i) The Unclaimed Balances Ordinance, 1888.
j.) An Ordinance to amend the Crown Remedies Ordinance, 1875.
(k.) The Official Signatures Fees Ordinance, 1888.
(1) An Ordinance for the naturalization of FRITZ ADOLPH FRICCIUS GROBIEN.
(m.) An Ordinance for the naturalization of HILLUNE LOO NGAWK alias Loo KIU FUNG. (n.) An Ordinance for the naturalization of LAI SHANG alias LAI Chek Kün. (0.) An Ordinance for the naturalization of LAI KIT, alias LAI CHEUK. (p.) An Ordinance to amend Ordinance No 15 of 1886.
ADJOURNMENT.-The Council then adjourned to Friday, the 20th instant, at 4 P.M.
Read and confirmed, this 25th day of January, 1888.
ARATHOON SETH, Clerk of Councils.
G. WILLIAM DES VEUX, Governor.