LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 14.
FRIDAY, 17TH JULY, 1891.
PRESENT:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE OFFICER ADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT Major-General G. DIGBY BARKER, C.B.
The Honourable the Acting Colonial Secretary, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).
the Acting Attorney General, (ANDREW JOHN LEACH).
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the Registrar General, (JAMES HALDANE STEWART Lockhart).
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the Colonial Treasurer, (NORMAN GILBERT MITCHELL-INNES).
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the Surveyor General, (SAMUEL BROWN).
PHINEAS RYRIE.
JAMES JOHNSTONE KESWICK.
Ho KAI, M.B., C.M.
THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.
ABSENT:
The Honourable CATCHICK PAUL CHATER.
The Council met pursuant to adjournment.
The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 3rd July, 1891, were read and confirmed. PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE.-The Acting Colonial Secretary, by direction of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, laid on the table the following Sessional Papers, viz. :-
The Report of the Superintendent of the Botanical and Afforestation Department for 1890.
(No. 26 of 1891).
The Report of the Colonial Surgeon for 1890. (No. 27 of 1891).
VOTE REFERRED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.-The Acting Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, laid on the table the following Minute and moved that it be referred to the Finance Committee :—
C.5.0. 1536 & 1539
G. DIGBY BARKER.
The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of of 1891 Forty-eight Dollars, ($48), for the Salaries of two Coolies, one for Saiyingpoon, and the other for Wanchai School, at $6 per month, from 1st September to 31st December of the current
year.
Government House, Hongkong, 13th July, 1891.
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
VOTES PASSED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. The Acting Colonial Secretary, by direction of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, laid on the table the Reports of the Finance Committee, dated the 19th June and 3rd July, (Nos. 6 and 7), and moved that the following Votes referred to therein be passed, viz. :—
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1266 of 1891.
71 of 1891.
A sum of Three thousand Dollars, ($3,000), to provide for the cost of extending
the works of "Peak Water Supply" to Magazine Gap...................
C.0. hesp. A sum of Five thousand Six hundred and Forty Dollars, ($5,640), to cover certain
increases to salaries, in excess of the Estimates for 1891,
C.S.0.
1321 of 1831.
..$ 3,000.00
.$ 5,640.00
A sum of Two thousand Eight hundred Dollars, ($2,800), being amount required for the printing and binding of 200 copies of a concise edition of Ordinances of Hongkong, from 1844 to 1890,
.$ 2,800.00
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
The Council divided on the vote of $5,640 to cover certain increases to salaries when it was carried by seven to three votes.
Question-that these votes be passed-put and agreed to.
The Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD gave notice that at next meeting of Council he would move the first reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend the Sunday Cargo-Working Ordinance, 1891.
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