No. 3.
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REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
FINANCE COMMITTEE,
AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG,
On the 25th February, 1891.
PRESENT:
The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (FRANCIS FLEMING, C.M.G.), Chairman.
the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).
the Colonial Treasurer, (NORMAN GILBERT MITCHELL-Innes).
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the Captain Superintendent of Police, (WALTER MEREDITH DEANE, C.M.G.). the Registrar General, (JAMES Haldane Stewart LOCKHART).
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the Surveyor General, (SAMUEL BROWN).
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C. O. Desp. 281 of 1880 and C.S.0.
PHINEAS RYRIE.
CATCHICK PAUL CHATER.
JAMES JOHNSTONE KESWICK.
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Ho KAI, M.B., C.M.
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THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.
The Committee meet at the request of the Colonial Secretary.
Read the following Minutes under the hand of His Excellency the Governor :- G. WILLIAM DES VEUX.
The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Nine hundred and Thirteen Dollars, ($913), to cover the Salaries and Allowances to the two Inspectors in the Registrar 338 of 1891. General's Department, in accordance with instructions from the Secretary of State.
The sums required for 1891 are :—-
Salaries, $1,440 and $1,200,
Allowances in lieu of Police Bonus, Medal Money, Coal, Brooms, and Oil..........
Amount provided for in the Estimates for 1891,
Sum to be voted,..
Government House, Hongkong, 11th February, 1891.
$ 2,640.00 198.00
$ 2,838.00 1,925.00
$ 913.00
After explanation by the Colonial Secretary and the Registrar General, the Committee recommends that this amount be voted.
G. WILLIAM DES VEUX.
The Governor desires to submit to the Council that in the Estimates for this year, the salary of the Governor has not been inserted in the mauner proposed by the Secretary of State. In his Despatch No. 108 of the 18th of June, 1890, the Secretary of State proposed that the Governor's salary should be voted on the Estimates at the rate of $32,000 inclusive of entertainment allowance, although when on half pay or vacation leave the Governor will receive salary at the rate of $12,500 and $25,000 respectively.
The reason for fixing the actual salary at $32,000 is, as mentioned by the Secretary of State, to better secure the position of the Governor as an Officer in charge of a First Class Government under the Governor's Pension Acts.
The Governor therefore recommends the Council to amend the Estimates in the direction indicated.
Government House, Hongkong, 17th February, 1891.
After explanation by the Colonial Secretary, the Committee recommends that the Estimates be so amended.