LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 5.
MONDAY, 27TH FEBRUARY, 1899.
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PRESENT:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR
(Sir HENRY ARTHUR BLAKE, G.C.M.G.).
His Excellency Major-General WILLIAM JULIUS GASCOIGNE, C.M.G., General Officer Commanding. The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART, C.M.G.).
the Acting Attorney General, (HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK).
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the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY, R.N.).
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the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.).
the Colonial Treasurer, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON).
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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 13th February, 1899, were read and confirmed. PAPERS.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following papers :---
1. Report of the Captain Superintendent of Police for the Year 1898.
2. Report on the proposed erection of a Refuse Destructor for the City of Victoria, Hongkong, FINANCIAL MINUTE.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following Financial Minute, (No. 5), and moved that it be referred to the Finance Committee
C.S.O.
1950 of 1887.
HENRY A. BLAKE.
The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Three thousand and Five hundred Dollars ($3,500) for the erection of a temporary Bungalow at "The Cliffs."
Government House, Hongkong, 14th February, 1899.
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
SANITARY BYE-LAWS.---The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the Bye-laws made by the Sanitary Board under section 13, sub-section 14, of "The Public Health Ordinance, 1887," and moved that they be approved.
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
NOTICE OF QUESTIONS.-Mr. BELILIOS gave notice that at the next meeting he would ask the following questions:--
(1.) There being an understanding between the subscribers to the Fund for the commemoration of Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee that the Jubilee Road shall be constructed, the funds for which are now lying in the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank untouched though nearly two years have elapsed since their subscription, will the Government be good enough to state whether the survey and planning of the Road have been completed?
(2.) Will the Government be good enough to state when it is proposed to commence work on the
first section of the Jubilee Road?
(3.) Will the first section be made round Mount Davis?
(4.) Can the Government give the approximate date of the completion of the section to its juncture
with the Aberdeen Road?