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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 9.
MONDAY, 23RD MAY, 1892.
PRESENT:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR
(Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, K.C.M.G.).
The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (GEORGE THOMAS MICHAEL O'BRIEN, C.M.G.).
the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).
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the Registrar General, (JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART).
the Acting Colonial Treasurer, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY).
the Director of Public Works, (FRANCIS ALFRED COOPER).
the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY).
CATCHICK PAUL CHATER.
HO KAI, M.B., C.M.
THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.
EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS,
ABSENT:
The Honourable JAMES JOHNSTONE KESWICK.
The Council met pursuant to adjournment.
The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 16th May, 1892, were read and confirmed.
VOTES PASSED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor. laid on the table the Report of the Finance Committee dated the 16th May, (No. 7), and moved that the following Votes referred to therein be passed, viz.:—
C.S.O.
409 of 1892.
C.5.0.
793 of 1892.
A sum of One thousand Nine hundred and Eighty-one Dollars, for repairs to Health
Officer's Steam-launch Blanche,
A sum of Two thousand Dollars, for "Drawbacks and refunds of Revenue,"
The Attorney General seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
..$ 1,981.00
...$ 2,000.00
PAPERS.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the Blue Book for 1891 together with the Report on the Blue Book and Departmental Reports for 1891, and the Report of the Director of the Observatory for 1891.
PETITION. Read a petition from the Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steam-boat Company, Limited, the Douglas Steam-ship Company, Limited, and the China Navigation Company, Limited, praying to be heard by Counsel on the second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to provide means for ascertaining the amounts to be paid by way of compensation in respect of the Wharves and Piers along the line of the Praya Reclamation, to fix the periods for the payment thereof and for other purposes in connection therewith.
The Council agreed that the petition lie on the table.
The Honourable C. P. CHATER asked the following question
Referring to Government Notification No. 204 of the 4th May, 1892, reading:-" Unless per- mission from the Government has been first obtained riding over that part of the Wongnei- chung Recreation Ground which is enclosed within the Race Course and the training track is prohibited until further notice," will the Government state whether this notification is in consequence of their intention to complete forthwith the preparation for purposes of recreation of the ground mentioned, or if not what is proposed to be done in the matter of putting this ground in order.
The Colonial Secretary replied.
The Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD moved the following resolution:-
That the Government publish in the "Government Gazette" or lay on the table a list of the Wharves, public and private, in respect of which a sum of $180,000 was added by the Government to the cost of the Praya Reclamation, as appears from the Colonial Secretary's letter of the 19th February, 1889, to the Honourable C. P. Chater, and state the amount of compensation assessed in respect of each.
The Honourable C. P. CHATER seconded.
The Colonial Secretary replied, and the matter dropped.
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