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PAPERS.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following papers:-
1. Report by the Medical Officer of Health on the Epidemic of Bubonic Fever (Plague)
during the half-year ended 30th June, 1901.
2. Letter from Civil Engineers, Architects, &c., as to Professional Supervision of Building
Works.
3. Financial Statement for 1900.
4. Report on the Census of the Colony for 1901.
5. Telegrams regarding the Appointment of Sanitary Experts.
FINANCIAL MINUTES.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following Financial Minutes, (Nos. 57 to 59), and moved that they be referred to the Finance Committee:-
C.8.0.
2571 of 1901.
C.5.0. 934 of 1901.
HENRY A. BLAKE.
The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Six hundred Dollars ($600) to cover the half salary of a Second Assistant Marine Surveyor for six months from the 17th August, 1901, at $100 per month.
Government House, Hongkong, 28th August, 1901.
HENRY A. BLAKE.
The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Five hundred Dollars ($500) in (Extension) aid of the vote of $500 for "Medicines supplied to the New Territory."
C.5.0. 2861 of 1901,
Government House, Hongkong, 6th September, 1901.
HENRY A. BLAKE.
The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Twenty-six thousand and five hundred Dollars ($26,500) in aid of the following votes:-
PUBLIC WOKKS, ANNUALLY RECURRENT EXPENDITURE.
1. Maintenance of Buildings,
2. Miscellaneous Services,
PUBLIC WORKS, EXTRAORDINARY,
3. Survey of New Territory,..
$9,000.00
2,500.00
15,000.00
Total.....
...
.$26,500.00
Government House, Hongkong, 20th September, 1901.
The Acting Colonial Treasurer seconded,
Question-put and agreed to.
REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the Report of the Finance Committee dated the 29th August, 1901, (No. 9), and moved its adoption.
The Acting Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
QUEEN VICTORIA MEMORIAL FUND -The Colonial Secretary. by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table Financial Minute No. 60 :--
C. O. Tele- gram of 21st
HENRY A. BLAKE.
The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Fifty thousand Dollars ($50,000) September being a Government Grant in aid of the Queen VICTORIA Memorial Fund.
IDU1.
Government House, Hongkong, 23rd September, 1901.
The Colonial Secretary moved that This Council vote a sum of Fifty thousand Dollars ($50,000) in aid of the Memorial to Her late Majesty Queen VICTORIA" and said :-
No words of mine are necessary to commend this vote to Honourable Members. Hong- kong was founded and flourished during the glorious reign of the late Queen, and it is there- fore only natural, Sir, that this Colony should desire to contribute towards a memorial intended to perpetuate the memory of one of the greatest Queens in British history,VICTORIA the Great and Good.