LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 14.
WEDNESDAY, 30TH NOVEMBER, 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 Acting Attorney General, (ANDREW JOHN LEACH).
the Registrar General, (JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART). the Colonial Treasurer, (NORMAN Gilbert Mitchell-Innes).
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the Director of Public Works, (FRANCIS ALFRED COOPER).
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the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY).
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CATCHICK PAUL CHATER.
HO KAI, M.B., C.M.
THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.
EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS.
ABSENT:
The Honourable JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVING.
The Council met pursuant to adjournment.
The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 21st November, 1892, were read and confirmed. PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE.The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following papers, viz. :-A despatch from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, dated the 7th July, 1892, respecting Prison Accommodation; and a letter from the Crown Agents for the Colonies dated the 20th of October, 1892, regarding the proposed loan.
VOTE REFERRED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following Minute and moved that it be referred to the Finance Committee, viz. :-
C.S.O.
983 of 1892.
WILLIAM ROBINSON.
The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One thousand Three hundred and Thirty-eight Dollars and Twenty-five Cents, ($1,338.25), to meet the charges made by the Water and Drainage Department against the Sanitary Department, for the supply of water to various Markets, during the current year.
Government House, Hongkong, 25th November, 1892.
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
REPORTS OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the Reports of the Finance Committee dated respectively the 21st and 25th of November, (Nos. 10 and 11 of 1892).
BYE-LAWS AND ORDER.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, moved the adoption of the following Bye-laws, made by the Sanitary Board:-(a) For the licensing and regulation of Common Lodging-Houses; (b) for the regulation of Bake-houses; and (c) for the proper construction, etc., of Water Closets of private dwellings. And of an Order as to Fees and Percentages to be taken in the Supreme Court.
The Acting Attorney General seconded.
Question put-that these Bye-laws and Order do pass.
Bye-laws and Order passed.
BILL ENTITLED " AN ORDINANCE ENACTED BY THE GOVERNOR OF HONGKONG, WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THEREOF, TO APPLY A SUM NOT EXCEEDING TWO MILLIONS THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED AND ELEVEN DOLLARS TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE OF THE YEAR 1893.”—Council in Committee on the Bill.
Item 1 (Section 1).--"Charges on account of Public Debt."-The Colonial Secretary moved,—
That this item do stand part of the Bill.
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
The motion was agreed to, and the item declared by the President to stand part of the Bill. Item 2.-" Pensions."-The Colonial Secretary moved,—
That this item do stand part of the Bill.
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
The motion was agreed to, and the item declared by the President to stand part of the Bill.