LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 3.
THURSDAY, 2ND APRIL, 1896.
PRESENT:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR
(Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, K.C.M.G.).
The Honourable the Colonial Secretary and Registrar General, (JAMES HALDANE STEWART
LOCKHART).
the Acting Attorney General, (HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK).
the Acting Colonial Treasurer, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON).
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the Director of Public Works, (FRANCIS ALFRED COOPER).
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the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY, R.N.).
the Acting Captain Superintendent of Police, (WILLIAM CHARLES HOLLAND
HASTINGS, R.N.).
CATCHICK PAUL CHATER.
HO KAI, M.B., C.M.
THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.
EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G.
JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVING.
The Council met pursuant to summons, the meeting fixed for the 24th March having been postponed until Thursday, the 2nd April, 1896,
The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 10th March, 1896, were read and confirmed.
PAPERS.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following papers:-
1. Papers respecting the Reconstitution of the Sanitary Board.
2. Statement of Expenditure on Account of Salaries, Pensions and Exchange Compensation
1895.
3. Statement of Disbursements for Forestry Works in the Years 1897 and 1898.
4. Statement of Water Account to 31st December, 1895.
5. Financial Returns for the Year 1895.
FINANCIAL MINUTE.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following Financial Minute and moved that it be referred to the Finance Committee:-
C.S.0.
$91 of 1896.
WILLIAM ROBINSON.
The Governor recommends the Council to re-vote the following sums:-
1. $2,215.40, being the unexpended balance of the vote of $6,000 for the erection of
the statue of Her Majesty The QUEEN.
2. $1,464.99, being the unexpended balance of the vote of $5,000 for additional
Quarters at the Central Police Station.
Government House, Hongkong, 14th March, 1896.
The Acting Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
SANITARY BYE-LAW.-The Colonial Secretary laid on the table an Amended Bye-law made by the Sanitary Board on the 26th day of March, 1896, under section 13 of Ordinance 15 of 1894, and moved that it be approved.
The Acting Attorney General seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
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