VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISALTIVE COUNCIL OF HONGKONG. No. 15 OF 1860
MONDAY, 17TH DECEMBER, 1860.
PRESENT :
His Excellency the GOVERNOR.
The CHIEF JUSTICE.
The COLONIAL SECRETARY.
The ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL.
The SURVEYOR GENERAL.
JOHN DENT, Esquire.
ALEXANDER PERCEVAL, Esquire.
ANGUS FLETCHER, Esquire.
Council met to-day, pursuant to adjournment.
Minutes of the Council held on the 30th ultimo, were read and approved. The Bill entitled "An Ordinance to apply a Sum not exceeding Sixty-six thousand one "hundred Pounds to the Public Service of the year 1861," was read a second "time; -
And the Council went into Committee upon the Estimates for the said year. The following Votes were then agreed to: -
CIVIL ESTABLISHMENTS : - £ c. d. The Governor, ................................................................................ 50 0 0 Colonial Secretary, ......................................................................... 312 10 0 Colonial Treasurer, ........................................................................ 203 0 0 Auditor General, ............................................................................ 1,330 0 0 Clerk of Councils, .......................................................................... 15 0 0 Surveyor General, .......................................................................... 1,270 15 0 Postmaster General, ....................................................................... 2,454 3 4 Registrar General, .......................................................................... 739 10 0 Harbour Master and Emigration Officer, ....................................... 1,305 0 0 Police and Lighting Rate Collector, ............................................... 712 10 0
JUDICIAL ESTABLISHMENT, .......................................................... 760 0 0 ECCLESIASTICAL, Do., ............................................................... 145 17 0 EDUCATIONAL, Do., ............................................................... 1,545 0 0 MEDICAL, Do., ............................................................... 2,860 11 8 CHIEF MAGISTRATE, ....................................................................... 1,083 0 0 POLICE,................................................................................................ 14,506 0 0 GAOLS, ................................................................................................ 3,747 10 0 PENSIONS, RETIRED ALLOWANCE, AND GRATUITIES, ............. 2,650 0 0
CHARITABLE ALLOWANCE, .......................................................... 50 0 0 WORKS AND BUILDINGS, ................................................................. 18,950 0 0 ROADS, STREET, AND BRIDGES, ..................................................... 11,050 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES, ........................................................ 50 0 0 SPECIAL EXPENSES, &C., ................................................................. 300 0 0 TOTAL ................... £66,000 7 0
The Appropriation Bill being in accordance with the above Votes, the Governor put the Question, -
That the Bill do pass, and that the Title be "An Ordinance to apply a Sum not exceeding Sixty-six thousand one hundred Pounds to the Public Service of the year 1861."
Question put and carried, - the Ordinance being numbered "No. 18 of 1860." Read a first time a Bill entitled "An Ordinance to authorize the appropriation of a Supplementary Sum not exceeding Four thousand and forty-four Pounds to defray the charges of the year 1860"; -
And the Standing Orders being suspended, the said Bill was read a second time,- And the Council went into Committee upon the Supplementary Estimates for 1860. The following Votes were then agreed to: -
CIVIL ESTABLISHMENTS : - £ c. d. The Governor, ........................................................................... 250 14 3 Surveyor General, ..................................................................... 22 1 4 Postmaster General, .................................................................. 1,476 14 1 Harbour Master, ........................................................................ 81 15 0 Police and Lighting Rate Collector, .......................................... 36 15 2
ECCLESIASTICAL ESTABLIHMENT, ........................................ 6 7 6 MEDICAL, Do., ...................................................... 36 15 10 POLICE,........................................................................................... 161 4 3 ½ GAOLS, ........................................................................................... 65 15 6 PENSIONS, RETIRED ALLOWANCES, AND GRATUITIES, ..... 425 14 7 REVENUE SERVICES (exclusive of Establishments), .................. 3 8 ½ HOSPITALS (Do.,) ....................................... 430 19 7 GAOLS (Do.,) ....................................... 527 14 10 TRANSPORT, ................................................................................. 28 0 1 CONVEYANCE OF MAILS, .......................................................... 182 4 1 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES, ................................................... 16 9 5 SPECIAL EXPENSES, &C., ............................................................ 162 10 5 TOTAL, ............. £4,613 19 8
The Appropriation Bill being in accordance with the foregoing Votes, the Governor put the Question, - That this Bill do pass, and that the Title be - "An Ordinance to authorize the appropriation of a Supplementary Sum not exceeding Four thousand and forty-four Pounds to defray to charges of the year 1860."
Question put and carried, - The Ordinance being numbered "No. 19 of 1860." The Council adjourned sine die.
HERCULES G. R. ROBINSON,
Governor.
Read and approved, this 23rd Day of February, 1861.
L. D’ALMADA E CASTRO,
Clerk of Councils.