No. 10.
REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
FINANCE COMMITTEE,
AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG,
On the 22nd September, 1904.
PRESENT:
The Honourable the Officer Commanding the Troops, (Colonel Louis Faulkner Brown, R.È.).
the Colonial Secretary, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M..), Chairman.
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the Attorney General, (ERNEST HAMILTON SHARP, K.C.).
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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.
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HO KAI, M.B., C.M., C.M.G.
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WEI YUK.
ROBERT GORDON SHEWAN.
WILLIAM JARDINE GRESSON,
GERSHOM STEWART.
The Committee met pursuant to summons.
Read the following Minute under the band of His Excellency the Governor :-
C.S.O. No. 7332 of 1904,
M. NATHAN.
The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Four thousand six hundred and fifty Dollars ($4,650) in aid of the vote Victoria Gaol, Other Charges, for the following items:-
Provisions for prisoners,..
Clothing and Shoes for Gaol Staff,
Fuel and Soap, ........
Materials for remunerative industry,
Total,..
.$ 3,000
450
400
800
.$4,650
Government House, Hongkong, 12th September, 1904.
The Committee unanimously agreed to recommend that the above vote be passed.
The Committee then adjourned sine die.
Laid before the Legislative Council and adopted on the 29th September, 1904.
S. B. C. Ross,
Clerk of Councils.
F. H. MAY, Chairman.