No. 7.
REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
FINANCE COMMITTEE,
AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG,
On the 17th May, 1904.
PRESENT:
The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON), Chairman.
the Attorney General, (Sir HENRY SPENCER BERKELEY, Kt.).
3
17
"
the Colonial Treasurer, (LEWIS AUDLEY MARSH JOHNSTON).
יי
"
11
the Registrar General, (ARTHUR WINBOLT BREWIN).
the Director of Public Works, (PATRICK NICHOLAS HILL JONES).
the Harbour Master, (Capt. LIONEL AUBREY WALTER BARNES-LAWRENCE, R.N. (ret'd). Sir C. P. CHATER, Kt., C.M.G.
HO KAI, M.B., C.M., C.M.G.
WEI YUK.
GERSHOM STEWART.
HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, K.C.
27
WILLIAM JARDINE GRESSON,
ABSENT:
His Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops, (Major-General VILLIERS HATTON, C.B.).
The Committee met at the request of the Colonial Secretary.
Read the following Minutes under the hand of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government :—
C.O.D. No. 1602 of 1904,
C.S.O. No. 3110 of 1904,
C.S.O. No. 3549 of 1904.
F. H. MAY.
The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Two hundred Dollars ($200) in aid of the vote Botanical and Afforestation Department, under Other Charges, for preliminary experiments in Cotton-growing in the New Territories.
Government House, Hongkong, 26th April, 1904.
F. H. MAY.
The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Thirty-four thousand seven hundred Dollars ($34,700) in aid of the vote Public Works, Extraordinary, for readjustment of Kowloon Marine Lots 44-46 and Kowloon Inland Lots 887-897, Taikoktsui.
Government House, Hongkong, 5th May, 1904.
F. H. MAY.
The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of One thousand five hundred Dollars ($1,500) in aid of the vote Botanical and Afforestation Depart- ment, Other Charges, for Tree-Planting.
Government House, Hongkong, 5th May, 1904.