LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 19.
MONDAY, 7TH JULY, 1890.
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PRESENT:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE OFFICER ADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT
(The Honourable FRANCIS FLEMING, C.M.G.).
The Honourable 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.
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Ho KAI, M.B., C.M.
ABSENT:
The Honourable the Acting Colonial Secretary, (WALTER MEREDITH Deane, C.M.G.).
PHINEAS RYRIE.
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JAMES JOHNSTONE KESWICK.
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The Council met pursuant to adjourninent.
The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 30th June, were read and confirmed.
Read the following Minute under the hand of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government:—
C.5.0.
1579 of 1880.
F. FLEMING,
The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Nine hundred Dollars, ($900), for the purchase of 200 Brass Padlocks from CHUBB & SONS for Victoria Gaol.
Government House, Hongkong, 3rd July, 1890..
The Acting Colonial Treasurer moved that this Minute be referred to the Finance Committee. The Attorney General seconded.
Question--put and agreed to.
VOTES PASSED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.-The Acting Colonial Treasurer, by direction of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, laid on the table the Report of the Finance Committee, dated the 30th June, (No. 14), and moved that the following Votes referred to therein be passed, viz. :---
C.S.0.
1511. 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,
.$1,700.00
3,300.00
$5,000.00
Fees of Court,
45.60
$5,045.60
C.S.O.
1513 of 1890.
To defray the Salaries, Allowances and Office Contingencies of the Water and Drainage Department 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, $26,664.49
C.5.0.
1513 of 1800. Amount expended for the Kowloon well,
.$
950.00
15131890. Unexpended balance of the vote for New Water Mains in 1889................
$44,117.67
The Attorney General seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.