LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 9.
MONDAY, 7TH MAY, 1900,
PRESENT:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE OFFICER ADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT, (Major-General WILLIAM JULIUS GASCOIGNE, C.M.G.).
The Honourable the Acting Colonial Secretary, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.).
the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).
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the Colonial Treasurer, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON).
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the Director of Public Works, (ROBERT DALY ORMSBY).
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ARTHUR WINBOLT BREWIN.
HILGROVE CLEMENT NICOLLE.
CATCHICK PAUL CHATER, C.M.G.
Ho Kai, M.B., C.M.
JAMES JOHNSTONE KESWICK.
WEI YUK.
RODERICK MACKENZIE GRAY.
HERBERT SMITH.
The Council met pursuant to summons.
The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 11th April, 1900, were read and confirmed.
NEW MEMBERS.-Messrs. RODERICK MACKENZIE GRAY and HERBERT SMITH took the Oath prescribed by Ordinance 4 of 1869, and their seats on their appointment as Unofficial Members of Council.
PAPERS. The Acting Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Officer Administer- ing the Government, laid on the table the following papers, viz. :—
1. Extracts from Despatch No. 50 of 16th February, 1900, from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, regarding the Memoranda from Unofficial Members of Council, and the Protest of the Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD, on the subject of the Estimates for 1900. 2. Report on the Health and Sanitary Condition of the Colony of Hongkong, for the year,
1899.
3. Report of the Director of Public Works, for the year 1899.
4. Financial Returns for the year 1899.
FINANCIAL MINUTES.-The Acting Colonial Secretary, by cominand of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, laid on the table the following Financial Minutes, (Nos. 15 to 21), and moved that they be referred to the Finance Committee :-
C.S.O. 637 of 1900.
C.5.0.
2159 of 1899.
C.S.0.
465 of 1900.
C.5.0.
484 of 13.0.
HENRY A. BLAKE.
The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Five hundred and fifty Dollars. ($550) to defray the cost of an addition of $20 per mensem to the pay of the Corps Quarter Master Sergeant in the Hongkong Volunteer Corps on his appointment as Corps Sergeant Major, and of the pay of an Orderly Room Clerk.
Government House, Hongkong, 3rd April, 1900.
WILLIAM J. GASCOIGNE.
The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Three thousand Two hundred and One Dollars and Forty Cents ($3,201.40) for the provision of a Rifle Range for the Hongkong Volunteer Corps iu the Sokompoo Valley.
Government House, Hongkong, 5th April, 1900.
WILLIAM J. Gascoigne.
The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Four hundred and Twenty Dollars ($420) to cover the salary of a Temporary Clerk at the Colonial Secretary's Office for the current year at $35 per mensem.
Government House, Hongkong, 6th April, 1900.
WILLIAM J. GASCOIGNE.
The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Five hundred and Forty-four Dollars ($544) to cover certain expenses of a Survey for Rent Roll purposes in the New Territory during four months of the current year.
Government House, Hongkong, 7th April, 1900.