No. 11.
REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
FINANCE COMMITTEE,
AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG,
On the 9th June, 1890.
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PRESENT:
The Honourable the Acting Colonial Secretary, (WALTER MEREDITH DEANE), Chairman.
the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).
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the Surveyor General, (SAMUEL BROWN).
the Acting Registrar General, (NORMAN GILBERT MITCHELL-INNES). PHINEAS RYRIE.
CATCHICK PAUL CHATER.
JAMES JOHNSTONE KESWICK.
Ho KAI, M.B., C.M.
ABSENT:
The Honourable the Colonial Treasurer, (ALFRED LISTER).
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ALEXANDER PALMER MACEWEN.
The Committee meet at the request of the Acting Colonial Secretary.
The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 30th May, having been taken as read are confirmed.
Read the following Minutes by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Govern-
ment:
(1.)
C.S.0. 1247 of 1800.
F. FLEMING.
The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Four hundred and Twenty Dollars and Sixty-seven cents, ($420.67), for the salary of Musketry Instructor and Storekeeper of Police.
Half pay during the voyage, and full pay from the date of his arrival at $60 per month. From 10th April to 22nd May half pay.
From 23rd May to end of the year full pay.
Government House, Hongkong, 28th May, 1890.
F. FLEMING.
(2.)
The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Five hundred dollars, ($500), for improving the drainage of Italian Convent.
Government House, Hongkong, 31st May, 1890.
F. FLEMING.
(3.)
The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Sixty-three Dollars, ($63), ás a compassionate allowance to the mother of the late Chinese Police Constable No. 265, KEUNG TIM, who served in the Police Force for upwards of 14 years.
The allowance to be equal to one month's pay for every three years of service. Government House, Hongkong, 4th June, 1890.