- C.S.O.
377 of 1891.
G. WILLIAM DES VEUX.
The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Eight hundred and Eighty-eight Dollars, ($888), as a compassionate allowance to the widow and children of the late H. L. MATHER, Second Lighthouse Keeper.
Government House, Hongkong, 12th March, 1891.
After explanation by the Acting Colonial Secretary, the Committee unanimously agreed to recommend these votes with the exception of the one for the increment to the salaries of the Masters at the Victoria College, on which a division was taken with the result that it was carried by a majority of 6 votes to 3.
The Committee is then adjourned.
Laid before the Legislative Council on the 25th March, 1891.
Read and confirmed on the 22nd May, 1891.
A. M. THOMSON,
Acting Clerk of Councils.
W. M. DEANE,
Chairman.
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