LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 1.
MONDAY, 19TH JANUARY, 1904.
PRESENT:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE OFFICER ADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.).
His Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops, Major-General VILLIERS HATTON, C.B.). The Honourable the Acting Colonial Secretary, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON).
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the Attorney General, (Sir HENRY SPENCER BERKELEY, Kt.).
the Acting Colonial Treasurer, (LEWIS AUDLEY MARSH JOHNSTON).
the Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM).
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the Registrar General, (ARTHUR WINBOLT BREWIN).
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the Acting Harbour Master, (BASIL Reginald HAMILTON TAYLOR). Sir C. P. CHATER, Kt., C.M.G.
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Ho KAI, M.B., CM., C.M.G.
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WEI YUK.
CHARLES WEDDERBURN DICKSON,
GERSDOM STEWART,
HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, K.C.
The Council met pursuant to summons.
The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 23rd December, 1903, were read and confirmed. PAPERS. The Acting Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Officer Administer- ing the Government, laid on the table the following papers:-
1. Report of the Committee appointed to enquire into the causes of Chinese Infantile Mor-
tality in the Colony.
2. Report on Tytam Tuk Water-works Scheme for City and Hill District Supply.
3. Correspondence regarding increase of the Police Force.
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. 1 to 7), and moved that they be referred to the Finance Committee:
C.5.0, No. 8521 of 1903.
F. H. MAY,
The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Seven thousand Dollars ($7,000) in aid of vote No. 19, Cable for Observatory and other Telephone lines to Kowloon,-Public Works, Extraordinary."
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Government House, Hongkong, 5th January, 1904.
Cody No. 233. 1905,
F. H. MAY,
The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Exton. Three hundred Dollars ($300) in aid of the vote "Police-Other Charges" on account of rations
for Lepers in the Asylum at Au Tau in the New Territory.
CO D. NO. *956 of 1:oil,
Government House, Hongkong, 6th January, 1904.
F. II. MAY.
The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Three thousand six hundred Dollars ($3,600) in aid of the vote "Education, Inspector of Schools-Other Charges" to meet the cost of participating in a scheme for the visual instruction of children as regards the geographical features, life and industries of the various parts of the Empire.
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Government House, Hongkong, 7th January, 1904.
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