No. 8.
REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
FINANCE COMMITTEE,
AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG,
On the 12th July, 1904.
PRESENT;
His Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops, (Major-General VILLIERS HATTON, C.B.). The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON), Chairman,
the Attorney General, (Sir HENRY SPENCER BERKELEY, Kt.).
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the Colonial Treasurer, (LEWIS AUDLEY MARSH JOHNSTON).
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the Registrar General, (ARTHUR WINBOLT BREWIN).
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the Director of Public Works, (PATRICK NICHOLAS HILL JONES).
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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.
ROBERT GORDON SHEWAN,
GERSHOM STEWART.
The Honourable WILLIAM JARDINE GRESSON.
ABSENT:
The Committee met at the request of the Colonial Secretary.
Read the following Minutes under the hand of His Excellency the Officer Adininistering the Government :—
0.5.0. No. 1518 of 1904.
C.O.D. No.
3801 of 1904.
F. H. MAY.
The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Three thousand four hundred Dollars ($3,400) in aid of the vote, Public Works Extra- ordinary, for Drainage Works, Training Nullahs.
Government House, Hongkong, 17th May, 1904.
F. H. MAY.
The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Sixteen thousand four hundred and thirty-two Dollars and eighty Cents ($16,432.80) in aid of the vote, Military Expenditure--B. Expenses of Volunteers, for the following items :-
Rifles, Equipment, Chargers,..
Other Charges.
.£1,171.18.0. 193.11.0. 3.19.0.
£1,369. 8.0. @ 1/8 — $16,432.80
C.5.0. No. 3734 of 1904.
Government House, Hongkong, 20th May, 1904.
F. H. MAY.
The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Five thousand Dollars ($5,000) in aid of the vote Public Works Extraordinary, to meet cost of erecting an Office at the new Disinfecting Station at Kowloon, for the Assistant Medical Officer of Health and the Inspectors working under him.
Government House, Hongkong, 26th May, 1904.