No. 5.
REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
FINANCE COMMITTEE,
AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG,
On the 22nd May, 1891.
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PRESENT:
The Honourable the Acting Colonial Secretary, (WALTER MEREDITH DEANE, C.M.G.), Chairman.
the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).
the Colonial Treasurer, (NORMAN GILBERT MITCHELL-INNES).
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the Registrar General, (JAMES Haldane Stewart Lockhart).
the Surveyor General, (SAMUEL BROWN).
PHINEAS RYRIE.
JAMES JOHNSTONE KESWICK.
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THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.
The Honourable CATCHICK PAUL CHATER.
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ABSENT:
The Committee meet at the request of the Acting Colonial Secretary.
Read the following Minutes under the hand of Their Excellencies the Governor and the Officer Administering the Government :-
G. WILLIAM DES VEUX.
The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Nineteen thousand Nine hundred and Eighty Dollars, ($19,980), for the Peak Water Supply.
The materials for this work having arrived too late last year and the work could not be commenced before this year, the vote for 1890 was not expended, and a re-vote is now required.
Government House, Hongkong, 23rd April, 1891.
G. WILLIAM DES VEUX.
The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One thousand Two hundred and Twenty-nine Dollars, ($1,229), for general repairs to the Police Steam Launch No. 2, and providing a launch while the repairs are being executed.
Government House, Hongkong, 21st April, 1891.
G. WILLIAM DES VEUX.
The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Ninety Dollars, ($90), for an allowance for a Chinese teacher to Mr. WAGGOTT, one of the Student Interpreters, appointed under Section II of the Scheme published in Government Notification No. 209 of 4th May, 1889, at the rate of $10 per month.
Government House, Hongkong, Sth April, 1891.
G. WILLIAM DES VEUX.
The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Ninety Dollars, ($90), for an allowance for a Chinese teacher to Mr. NOLAN, one of the Student Interpreters, appointed under Section II of the Scheme published in Government Notification No. 209 of 4th May, 1889, at the rate of $10 per month.
Government House, Hongkong, 16th April, 1891.
G. WILLIAM DES VEUX.
The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Eighty Dollars, ($80), to provide a Chinese teacher for Miss MCINTOSH, one of the European Nurses at the Civil Hospital, at the rate of $10 per month.
Government House, Hongkong, 21st April, 1891.