No. 2.
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REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
FINANCE COMMITTEE,
AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG, On the 1st March, 1889.
PRESENT:
The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (FREDERICK STEWART), Chairman.
C. O. Desp. 124 of 1888.
C.S.0.
301 of 1889.
C.S.O.
155 of 1889.
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the Acting Attorney General, (ANDREW JOHN LEACH).
the Acting Colonial Treasurer, (HENRY ERNEST WODEHOUSE, C.M.G.). the Surveyor General, (JOHN MACNEILE PRICE).
the Captain Superintendent of Police, (WALTER MEREDITH DEANE). PHINEAS RYRIE.
WONG SHING.
JOHN BELL-IRVING.
BENDYSHE LAYTON, (vice the Honourable ALEXANDER PALMER MACEWEN).
The Committee meet at the request of the Colonial Secretary.
The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 28th January last, having been taken as read, are confirmed.
Read the following Minutes by His Excellency the Governor :-
G. WILLIAM DES VEUX.
(1.)
The Governor recommends the Council to vote the sum of Two thousand Dollars, to be vested in Trustees, for the benefit of the widow of the late V. C. PEREIRA, Assistant Turnkey, Victoria Gaol.
The Trustees will be empowered to pay the interest only upon this sum to the widow during her life; and upon her death, or re-marriage, to divide the principal among Mr. Pereira's children.
Government House, Hongkong, 29th January, 1889.
G. WILLIAM DES VEUX.
(2.)
The Governor recommends the Council to vote the sum of Four hundred and Ninety-two Dollars, to defray cost of Praya surveys in front of the Naval Yard and Military Cantonments.
Government House, Hongkong, 2nd February, 1889.
G. WILLIAM DES VEUX.
(3.)
The Governor recommends the Council to vote the sum of One hundred and thirty-two Dollars, being the salaries of two scavengers for the new Market at Hunghòm, viz. :-
One Scavenger at $6 per month,
Do.
at $5 do..
=$ 72.00 60.00
$ 132.00
This expenditure was not included in the Establishment of the Sanitary Department when the Board had under consideration the Estimates for 1889.
Government House, Hongkong, 4th February, 1889.
After explanation by the Colonial Secretary, the Committee recommend that the several sums be voted.
The Committee then adjourn sine die,
Laid before the Legislative Council on the 7th March, 1889.
Read and confirmed on the 7th March, 1889.
ARATHOON SETH,
Clerk of Councils,
FREDERICK STEWART,
Chairman.