LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 6.
MONDAY, 15TH AUGUST, 1898.
PRESENT:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE OFFICER ADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT (Major-General WILSONE BLACK, C.B.).
The Honourable the Acting Colonial Secretary, (THOMAS SERCOMBE SMITH).
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the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).
the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY, R.N.).
the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.).
the Acting Colonial Treasurer, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON). the Director of Public Works, (ROBERT DALY ORMSBY).
CATCHICK PAUL CHATER, C.M.G.
HO KAI, M.B., C.M.
THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.
EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G.
JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVING.
WEI YUK.
The Council met pursuant to adjournment.
The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 3rd August, 1898, were read and confirmed.
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FINANCIAL MINUTES.-The Acting Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, laid on the table the following Financial Minutes, (Nos. 10 and 11), and moved that they be referred to the Finance Committee :-
C.&.0. 1873 of 1898.
C.9.0.
1042 of 1898.
WILSONE BLACK.
The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Five hundred Dollars ($500) in aid of the vote "Coal, Oil and Water for Steam-launch."
Government House, Hongkong, 30th July, 1898.
WILSONE BLACK.
The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Two thousand and Five hundred Dollars ($2,500) in aid of the vote "Miscellaneous Works."
Government House, Hongkong, 5th August, 1898.
The Acting Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
RESOLUTION. Dr. Ho KAI, pursuant to notice, addressed the Council and moved the following resolution :—
That it is desirable in the interests of the public that the piece of ground situate at British Kow- loon and generally known as Sung Wong Toi (*) or Sung Wong Tong (*E*), together with a certain area of land surrounding and adjacent thereto, as delineated and marked red on the annexed plan, should not be let for building or other purposes, but should be reserved for the benefit of the public in perpetuity, and that the same should be delimited and marked off and kept in good order by the Public Works Department of this Colony.
Mr. WEI AYUK seconded.
The Director of Public Works addressed the Council in support of the resolution. Mr. WHITEHEAD also addressed the Council in support of the resolution. Question-put and agreed to.
REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.-The Acting Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, laid on the table the report of the Finance Committee dated the 3rd August, 1898, (No. 3), and moved its adoption.
The Acting Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE FOR THE NATURALIZATION OF CHAN LI CHOY, alias Chan Chun CHUEN. The Attorney General moved the first reading of the Bill.
The Acting Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question--put and agreed to.
Bill read a first time.