C.S.O.
1691 of 1895.
C.S.O.
1174 of 1895.
C.O.D.
105 of 1895,
C.S.0. 2995 of 1995.
C.S.0.
2040 of 1895.
WILLIAM ROBINSON.
The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Five thousand Dollars, ($5,000), to cover the cost of lighting the New Central Market during the current year.
Government House, Hongkong, 2nd November, 1895.
WILLIAM ROBINSON.
The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Twenty-nine thousand Dollars, ($29,000), for expenses incurred in connection with preventive measures against a recurrence of the plague.
Government House, Hongkong, 2nd November, 1895.
WILLIAM ROBINSON.
The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One thousand Five hundred and Eighty Dollars, ($1,580), to cover the salary and allowances of the newly appointed Medical Officer of Health from 2nd August to 31st December, 1895.
Government House, Hongkong, 2nd November, 1895.
WILLIAM ROBINSON.
The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Six hundred and Fifty Dollars, ($650), in aid of the vote "Harbour Department, Steam Launches, Other Charges, coals, repairs, etc."
Government House, Hongkong, 3rd November, 1895.
WILLIAM ROBINSON.
The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Three thousand and Five hundred Dollars, ($3,500), in connection with the construction of a road in Kowloon to be called Salisbury Road. · ́
Government House, Hongkong, 5th November, 1895.
The Acting Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
SANITARY BYE-LAWS.-The Colonial Secretary laid on the table certain Bye-laws made by the Sanitary Board on the 24th October, 1895, under section 13, sub-section 24, of The Public Health Ordinance, 1887, and noved that they be approved.
The Director of Public Works seconded.
Question--put and agreed to.
NOTICE OF QUESTIONS.-Mr. WHITEHEAD gave notice that, at the next Meeting, he would ask the following questions :-
(1)
Will the Government lay upon the table a copy of the correspondence which has passed between the Government, including the elaborate memorandum of the honourable the Colonial Secretary which accompanied it, and the home officials, and between the latter and the Colonial Govern- ment concerning the petition from the ratepayers of Hongkong to the Commons of England · praying for reform in the constitution of the local Government, and for the rights and privileges common to the British people in the smallest parish in England or Scotland of settling their local municipal affairs in their own way and to their own mind; as well as copies of all communications on the subject of the appointment of two Unofficial Members to the Executive Council, and two additional Unofficial Members to the Legislative Council?
(2)
With reference to the numerously signed petition to your Excellency, from Peak residents, house owners, and other ratepayers, praying for the construction, with all reasonable speed, of a new road in lieu of the present steep and unsuitable one-really the original mountain path, widened and improved to meet the requirements of a traffic ever on the increase, and which has outgrown the road's capacities-leading from Victoria Gap, passing on the south of ci Treverbyn" and "Stolzenfels," on a comparatively easy gradient, and terminating near the Peak Club or Mount Kellet--will the Government inform the Council whether it is proposed to proceed with this very necessary public work, good road communication being very necessary and earnestly desired by the large resident community; state the probable cost of the road, and if the work is not to be undertaken at present, what are the reasons which delay its being carried out?
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