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7.-GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS.
Government House.
Government House was maintained in repair, and the Sanitary arrangements were satisfactory.
8.-PUBLIC WORKS.
The expenditure under this head was $25,102.14 for ordinary repairs to buildings, $51,518 for upkeep of the roads and streets; and $62,115.90 for Defensive Works.
9.-LEGISLATION.
The following Ordinances were passed during the year:--
No. 1.-An Ordinance entitled The Vaccination Ordinance, 1888.
No. 2.-An Ordinance entitled The Defences Skrtching Prevention Ordinance, 1888.
No. 3.-An Ordinance to amend The Crown Remedies Ordinance, 1875.
No. 4.- An Ordinance for prohibiting the enclosure of Verandahs erected over Crown Lands. No. 5.-An Ordinance entitled The Official Signatures Fees Ordinance, 1888.
No. 6. An Ordinance for the naturalization of FRITZ ADOLPH FRICCIUS GROBIEN.
No. 7.-An Ordinance for the naturalization of HILLUNE Loo NGAWK otherwise Loo KIU
FUNG.
No. 8.-An Ordinance for the naturalization of LAI SHANG otherwise LAI CHEK KÜN.
No. 9.-An Ordinance for the naturalization of LAI KIT otherwise LAI CHEUK.
No. 10. An Ordinance to provide for the preservation of copies of Books printed in Hong-
kong, and for the registration of such Books.
No. 11.-An Ordinance entitled The Unclaimed Balances Ordinance, 1888.
No. 12.-An Ordinance entitled The Vagrancy Ordinance, 1888.
No. 13. An Ordinance entitled The Regulation of Chinese Ordinance, 1888. No. 14. An Ordinance entitled The Trees Preservation Ordinance, 1888.
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No. 15.-An Ordinance entitled The Rating Ordinance, 1888.
No. 16.-An Ordinance for the reservation of a European District in the City of Victoria. No. 17.-An Ordinance entitled The Coroner's abolition Ordinance, 1888.
No. 18.-An Ordinance entitled The French Mail Steamers Ordinance continuation Ordinance,
1888.
No. 19.An Ordinance entitled The German Mail Steamers Ordinance continuation Ordi-
.nance, 1888.
No. 20.--An Ordinance for the naturalization of JOHN WONG CHỮN otherwise. WONG YIU
SHANG.
No. 21. An Ordinance for the naturalization of T'AM IU TS'ÜN otherwise T'AM FUK-SIU. No. 22.—An Ordinance for the naturalization of L1 Ó Mí otherwise Li Tái Fung.
No. 23. An Ordinance to authorize in certain cases judicial investigations into the causes
of fire.
No. 24.—An Ordinance to authorize the Appropriation of a Supplementary Sum of One hundred and Ninety-four thousand Four hundred and Sixty-eight Dollars and Sixty-three Cents to defray the Charges of the Year 1887.
No. 25.-An Ordinance to apply a sum not exceeding One million Two hundred and Thirty- nine thousand Eight hundred and Ninety-seven Dollars to the Public Service of the Year 1889.
No. 26. An Ordinance entitled The European District Reservation Ordinance Amendment
Ordinance, 1888.
No. 27.-An Ordinance to amend Ordinance 9 of 1876. `
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No. 28.-An Ordinance for the naturalization of ELIAS ISAAC ELIAS otherwise ELIAS ISAAC
ELIAS ZACHARIAH.
No. 29.-An Ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 15 of 1886.