C.5.0. No.
4666 of 190Ł.
F. H. MAY.
The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Nine thousand three hundred Dollars ($9,300) in aid of the vote, Public Works Extraordinary for carrying out the work of improving the Green Island Light :-
New Tower,....
Additional Quarters,
Shifting Light from Cape D'Aguilar to Green Island, Contingencies,
Total...
.$5,439.47
2,479.98
500.00
880.55
.$9,300.00
c.5.0, No.
4863 of 1904.
(S.O No.
5483 of 1904,
Government House, Hongkong, 4th July, 1904.
F. H. MAY.
The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of One thousand Dollars ($1,000) in aid of the vote Botanical and Afforestation Department, Other Charges, item Maintenance of Botanic Gardens, for the preparation of the new Garden Nursery near the Albany Nullah and the removal thither of the shrubs and other stock from the Kow- loon Nursery, the site of which is now required for building purposes.
Government House, Hongkong, 8th July, 1904.
F. H. MAY.
The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Two thousand Dollars ($2,000) in aid of the vote for Telegraph Service-Telegrams sent and received by Government-under Miscellaneous Services.
Government House, Hongkong, 11th July, 1904.
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, laid on the table the Report of the Finance Committee dated the 17th May, 1904, and moved its adoption.
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
PAPERS.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, laid on the table the following papers :-
1. Reports of the Medical Officer of Health, the Sanitary Surveyor, and the Colonial Veterin-
ary Surgeon, for the year 1903.
2. Report on the Blue Book, for 1903.
3. Report of the Registrar General, for the year 1903.
4. Report of the Registrar of the Supreme Court, for the year 1903.
5. A General Report on the Survey of the New Territory from November, 1899, to April,
1904.
6. Report of the Principal Civil Medical Officer, for the year 1903.
7. Report on the Botanical and Afforestation Department, for the year 1903.
8. Report on the Hongkong Volunteer Corps.
9. Police Probationers: Hongkong, Straits Settlements, and Felerated Malay States.
10. Violation of British Territory: Des Voeux Road Murder, Hung Tsun-Fuk case. 11. Supplementary Estimates, 1903.
RESOLUTION. The Attorney General moved the following resolution :-
Resolved that in accordance with the requirements of Section 10 (2.) of the Statute Laws (Revised Edition) Ordinance, 1900, the “New Edition" of the Hongkong Ordinances, prepared by Sir John Carrington and now laid before the Council, is approved.”
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
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