LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL,
COUNCIL, No. 18.
MONDAY, 30TH JUNE, 1890.
PRESENT:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE OFFICER ADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT (The Honourable FRANCIS FLEMING, C.M.G.)
The Honourable the Acting Colonial Secretary, (WALTER MEREDITH Deane, C.M.G.).
the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).
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the Acting Colonial Treasurer, (HENRY ERNEST WODEHOUSE, C.M.G.).
the Surveyor General, (SAMUEL BROWN).
the Acting Registrar General, (NORMAN GILBERT MITCHELL-INNES). ALEXANDER PALMER MACEWEN.
CATCHICK PAUL CHATER.
JAMES JOHNSTONE KESWICK. HO KAI, M.B., C.M.
The Honourable PHINEAS RYRIE.
The Council met pursuant to adjournment.
ABSENT:
The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 23rd June, were read and confirmed.
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PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE.-The Acting Colonial Secretary laid on the table the Educational report for 1889.
Read the following Minutes under the hand of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government:—
C.S.O.
1511 of 1890.
F. FLEMING.
(1.)
The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Three thousand Three hundred and Forty-five Dollars and sixty cents, ($3,345.60), being amount required to pay the balance of a claim, and Court fees, in connection with Mr. M. J. STEPHENS' claim against the Government for compensation and damages for loss of area in respect of Marine Lot 184, $5,000.
Amount Deposited in Court in December, 1888,
Balance now claimed, .
Fees of Court,
.$1,700.00
3,300.00
$5,000.00
45.60
Government House, Hongkong, 23rd June, 1890.
F. FLEMING.
(2.)
$5,045.60
C.5.0. 1513 of 1890.
The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Twenty-six thousand Six hundred and Sixty-four Dollars, and Forty-nine cents, ($26,664.49), to defray the Salaries, Allowances and Office Contingencies of the Water and Drainage Depart- ment for the current year. Out of this amount, the sum of $7,868 is a-re-vote, as it is included in the Estimates under Surveyor General's Establishment, and since transferred to the Water and Drainage Department.
Establishment of W. & D. Department,
Transferred from Surveyor General's Department,..
Government House, Hongkong, 26th June, 1890.
$26,664.49 7,868.00
$18,796.49
F. FLEMING.
(3.)
C.S.0. 1513 of 1800.
The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Nine hundred and Fifty Dollars, ($950), being amount expended for the Kowloon well.
Government House, Hongkong, 26th June, 1890.