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HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE
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COUNCIL.
A mosting of the Hongkong Legislative Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Council Chamber..
The following were present:-
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR, SIR FRANCIA HENRY MAY, KIC.M.G.
HIS EXCELLENCY MAJOR-GENERAL T. H. KELLY, UB (Goneral Oficer Command- ing Troops).
Hon. Mr. CLAUD SEVERN (Colonial Secretary).
Hon. Mr. J. K Keup (Attorney.
| General).
Hon. Mr. E. D. G. WOLFE (Colonial. Treasurer),
........
Hon. Mr. A. F. CHURCHILL (Director of Public Works).
Hon. Mr. E. R. HALLIVAN (Secretary Tor Chinese, Affairs),
Hon. Mr. C. Mcl. MESSEE (Captaie Superintendent of Police).
Hon. Mr. WEI YUX, O.M.G.
Hon. Mr. H. E. POLLOCK, K.O.
Hon. Mr. E. A. HEWETT, C.M.G.
Hon. Mr. D. LANDALE
Hon. Mr. Lau CHU PAK
Mr. M. J. BREEN (Clerk Councils).
MINUTĖS,)
The minutes of the previous meeting were confirmed.
PAPERS.
The CCZONTAL SECRETARY, by command of his Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following papers-Despatch to the Secretary of-State in reference to the acquisition and rearrangement of moorings in Victoria Harbour in connec tion with which a plan was laid at the end of the table showing the proposed de-arrangement; Financial Statement in connection with the Estimates for 1916.
HONGKONG'S CONTRIBUTION TO PRINCE OF WALES FUND.
nume.
HIB EXCELLENCY-Gentlemen, I beg to move the resolution which stands in my I indicated recently, when I proposed to invite public subscriptions to this Fund, that I would also ask the Legislative Council to vote a considerable contribution towards it. I ani glad to say that the response of the public invitation for subscriptions has been very satisfactory, especially from the Chinese community, and in connection with the subscriptions from the British commercial community it must always be remembered that many of the firms here have already contributed to this fund in England.
Hon Mr WEI YUE seconded the resolu- tion, which was carried unanimously.
The resolution was in the following
terms-
That a contribution of 8100,000 be
FINANCIAL MINUTES.
The COLONIAL SECRETARY, by command of his Excellency the Governor, Inid on the table Financial Minutes (Nos. 55 to 66), and moved that they be referred to the Finance Committee,
The COLONIAL TREASURER seconded, and the motion was agreed to, pa
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HARHOUR MASTER'S DEPARTMENT, Under Other Charges, "Harbour Ofico," a stum of $10,000 has been provided for the raising, repair and renewal of moorings; and under Special Expenditure a suni of $250,000 for the acquisition and
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A sum of 84,000 has been provided for a new edition of the Regulations of Hong- kong, which will bring the revision of that work up to the end of the current year. “
A sum of $4,000 has been entered for Rent Allowances to Married Officers. A scheme has been approved by the Secretary of State, to which I will allude under for "Public Works Extraordinary," providing quarters to be rented for certain married officers in the lower ranks of the Service, who are not among those ontitled to free quarters. Pending the completion In the items Assessed Taxes 8233,200; Boat re-arrangement of moorings in Victoria of the quarters it is proposed to make A statement of the scheme allowances in certain cases towards the licences $51,500; Carriage, Chairs, etc., Harbour. (Licence's $5,500; Liquor Licences $28,000; which necessitates the provision of these very high rents which these officers haro
Opium Monopoly $1,426,800; Pawn-sums will be found in Bessional Paper to pay. brokers Licences $7,000; Engagement and No. 17 of 1914. The scheme is expected to Discharge of Seamen $9,600; Fees for use produce an annual revenue of about of Government Buoys (new item) 830,000; $30,000 a year in normal times, which will Public Schools Fees $24,000; Sunday cover the interest on capital expenditure Under Other Cargo Working Permits $5,000; Water and working expenses. Excess Supply and Meter Rent $15,000; Charges, Steam-Launches," the vote for Coaching Through Traffic, Kowloon coal has been increased by 81,775 owing to Canton Railway 376,000; Miscellaneous, the increase in price. The vote for repairs Kowloon-Canton Railway $7,000, Leased has also been increased by 81,000, more Lands (Crown Rent) $7,000: Markets Rent repairs being necessary as the launches $10,000; Widows' and Orphans' Pensions, become older. Contributions $11,000,
JUDICIAL AND LEGAL DEPARTMENTS———
- SUPREME COURT,
Under Other Charges a sum of $1,000 has been entered for Travelling Expenses of Watchmen, and Temporary Engagement of Extra Watchmen. This expenditure has hitherto been charged to Possession Fees, which are now paid into Revenue.
INSTRICT OFFICER.
the excessive amount of work in the Colonial Secretary's Office owing to the war, and also to the unfortunate illness of the particular clerk, Mr. Kotewall, whose duty it is to prepare these Estimates and a detail of them year by year, a duty which to performs in A inest officient manner, and therefore, tlu time for tho consideration of the Estimates I wish to ask you to curtail as much as possible. It is necessary, under instructions, to have these Estimates home before the end of the year, that is to say, in time to enable their considera-realized, the sum actually brought to tion to be completed before the end of account being 82,659,425. According to take leave next year. A sum of $1,416 is increased by 84,000, of which $3,500 is due the year. It will therefore be necessary the revised Egures for 1914 ordinary and also inserted for duty allowance in case a to previous under-estimate, and 8000 is to send them home by the mail of the extraordinary revenue is expected to yield sterling paid officer should be appointed to cover the cost of replacing worn-out and 7th November, and if hon. members will 11,330,830 or $1,677,870 more then was to act in the post. A supernumerary 2nd damaged electric light bulbs hitherto kindly complete their consideration made from the funds of the Colony to the within the next fortnight of these estimated. On the other hand the total Grade Writer on a salary of $1,440 has charged to "Maintenance of Buildings,"
Estimates, I shall be very much obliged. Expenditure which was originally also been provided. When an opportunity Public Works Recurrent, ding National Fund instituted by His Royal That will give them a fortnight, and if estimated at $10,595,856 now expected occurs the post of 3rd Grade Writer will be Highness the Prince of Wales for the relief of persons in the British Isles who they will kindly take note of the laat to exceed that figure by $168,024. Those abolished. are dependents of men serving with His paragraph of the printed address, and estimates if realised will result in a Majesty Forces and of those who suffer avail themselves of the suggestion therein, surplus on alst December, 1914, of $166,950,
I perhaps their consideration of the and thie sum added to the balance of assets rising to $1,200 has been added to the staff, from unemployment engsed by interruption, Estimates would be facilitated. may accrued on 31st December, 1813, will give a | whose duties consist of auditing the and dislocation of trade and industry or otherwise are plugged into poverty and also say that owing to the pressure of balance of assets on 31st December, 1914, of accounts of the Opium Monopoly,
work and the shortage of staff in the $2,628,375. distress in consequetico of war."
Colonial Secretary's Office, the abstract ESTIMATES OF REVENUE, 1915. of these estimates has not yet been prepared. It is an abstract that is made entirely for the use of the office and the Secretary of State, but I have been, in the habit of lending it to unofficial members and it certainly facilitates consideration. You can see from it at a glance exactly how the increase in expenditure of each department is arrived at. I hope to have THE ESTIMATES.
that extract ready within the next four The COLONIAL SECRETARY moved the or five days, and as soon as it is prepared first reading of a Bill entitled,An I will send it to the senior unofficial Ordinance to apply a sum not exceeding member, who no doubt will circulate it nine million five hundred and fifteen, amongst unofficial members, and I have thousand six hundred and ninety-two not the slightest doubt but what they will dollars to the Public Service of the year find it of very great value,
Hon. Mr. HEWITT-Your Excellency, a 1915." TWO LET, the South-West portion of the expenditure:A
The Bill provides for the following your Excellency is aware, the usual custom is for the Governor, when he makes FIRST FLOOR, including Treasury Governor
$85,001 his Budget speech, to go into a great Ground Floor, lately in occupation of the Governor, Special Expenditure.
1,500 many details, and, of course, it is of very Gorman Bank.
great advantage to those of us who have Colonial Secretary's Department Apply to
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soo your Excellency is a great deal moro penditure............
instructive than merely reading a printed Secreturiat for Chinese Affairy *61,238
notice such as we have before us this Audit Department
83,444
Class I afternoon. Until your Excellency spoke 67,990
just now I had no ides you were going Light Dues, Treasury, Special Expenditure. Harbour Master's Department ....
to ask for anything more than has always Light Dutes, Special 181,807 been done before, that is to say, to have Assessment: 115,000 Harbour Master's Department,
1 a fortnight's consideration. I have not Arms Licences 8,420 Special Expenditure
250,130 had an opportunity of speaking to any Opium Monopoly. Imports and Exports Department. 984,519 of the unofficial members except the senior
Class II Royal Observatory
24,445 unofficial member, but we quite realise
Medical Examination the great stress of work thrown upon the
of Emigrants, 2,600 Government generally, and your Excel.
Sunday Carga Working 912,202 Iency in particular, during the very
Permits 274,323 strenuous times in which are now
living.
I can assure your Excellency that Survey of Steamships... 270 the unofficial members desire to help your CLERS V.
Under Special Expenditure a sum of 952,130 Excellency in every possible way, and Premia on New Leases. 200,000 206,000
the Government, instead of giving us the The revenue which has been been derived $2,000 has been provided for apparatus for to consider these from the Opium Monopoly has been much the distribution of Time Signals by $1,504 usual fortnight estimates
large than was anticipated owing to the Wireless Telegraphy. As this Colony has 219,759
| H18 EXCELLENCY-It is a fortnight..
fact that the price of the drug in China adhered to the Radio-Telegraphic Conven- Hon. Mr. HEWETTI understand, but and Macro reached a high figure, and in tion it has been necessary to provide the 1,500
I think we can put it through in a week order to prevent amuggling it was neces means of distributing the time signals. 379,043
il necessary The Estimates are so fully sary to raise the retail price in Hongkong. The apparatus for doing this is somewhat 11,850 contained here that the abstract to which His Majesty's Government has approved laborats and intricate, and is in addition your Excellency refers, even if it comes of certain deductions being made from the to the receiving apparatus, for which 2800 at the last moment, we might do without gross revenue derived from the Opinia has been provided under Public Works 49,175 Therefore, if it is any convenience to your
Excellency to take the matter this day Monopoly with a view to arriving at the Extraordinary, week instead of this day fortnight, I amount to be assessed for Military Con 351,029 think unofficial members will be glad to tribution. These deductions are shown in 2,794 meet you. I understand that is the view detail in Appendix II. of the Estimates.
of the senior unofficial member, and I 54,508 Lave no doubt the other unofficial members ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1015. 22,746 will endorse it, although, of course, wa would prefer to have a fortnight.. 458,369 H18 EXCELLENCY I am glad to hear that my voice is so melodious that 1,275 it is preferred to a written letter. 680,300, thought that probably hon. anofficial 2,229,755 members would be rather bored by my 461,107 merely reading a written statement, 7,645 However, next year I hope I will be in
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Royal Observatory, Special Ex- |penditure
Miscellaneous Services
Judicial and Legal Departments. Judicial and Legal Departments,
Special Expenditure Police and Prison Departments.... Police and Police Departments,
Special Expenditure ..... Medical Department........ Medical Department, Special Ex-
penditure
Sanitary Department ........ Sanitary Department, Special Ex-
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Education, Special Expenditure... Military Expenditure:
Volunteers
Volunteers, Special Expenditure/ Public Works ;
Public Works Department Públic Works Department,
Special Expenditure“ Public Works, Recurrent Public Works, Extraordinary' Post Office
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Post Office, Special Expenditure... Kowloon-Canton Railway MA Charge on noceant of Public Debt. Pensions
Charitable Servives.
Total
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1,630
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IMFORTS AND EXPORTS DEPARTMENT," There is an increase of $13,873 under As I have said above it has been con sidered advisable to revise certain items Personal Emoluments, as the experience of Revenue owing to the outbreak of war, gained during the working of the Opiuni The following are the original and revised Monopoly has shown that a larger staff is Estimates:-
required than was originally considered As originally Revised: sufficient. The above-mentioned increase estimated Estimated. includes a sum of $3,480 for the staff .$ ·
104.000 $
4,250,000
95,000
70,000 $1,000
and a sum of $4,476 for the staff of the 94,000 engaged in dealing with Dross Opium, 105,000 Taipo branch office, for which provision 4,820 was not made in the estimates of the 4,000,000 current year. A sum of $1,000 has been added to the vote "Fuel, Factory," the estimate for 1914 having been for eleven 00,000 months only. A new sub-head Repairs and Renewals, Factory, $2,000" has been 60,000 entered on the recommendation of the 28,000 Superintendent.
ROYAL OBSERVATORY.
MIBLELLANEOUS SERVICES.
A sum of $1,675 has been entered for Bonuses for Interpreters and Translators, who, under a scheme approved by the the Secretary of State, can earn bonuses on passing certain prescribed examina tionsc
Under Other Charges, "Southern Dis- trict," the vote for transport has been increased from $100 to $1,540. The work of the Assistant District Officer has been much hampered by the want of a suitable. launch for his regular visits to the islands, and the additional sam provided is for the hire of a launch.
...
POLICE,
The following increased staff has been. rendered necessary by the institution of a motor launch for work in shallow waters and in connection with the prevention of pirncý : -/
1 Lance Sergeant.....
Detective Allere
1 Chiness Sergeant, 2nd-Cláss
House Allowance
.81,472
240
240
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3 Chinese Constables, 1st Class .....
540
2 Chinese Constables, 2nd Class
200
150
482
204
432
1 Female Searcher.
2 Coxswains, 2nd Class
2 Scamen
2 Engineers, 2nd Class 20
Under Other Charges the vote coal for barracks has been increased by 81,000 owing to the rise in price: A sum of $1,200 has been inserted for grants to villages in the New Territories in aid of the Village Scout Scheme. These scouts were instituted carly in the present year with a view to assisting the Police in the
The scheme has detection of criminals. proved a success so far, and I therefore. propose to increase the number of the scouts as opportunity offers. The sum paid to each scout is $60 a year, and the provision made in therefore sufficient for twenty, of whom eight are already being The Estimates of Expenditure for next
employed. The votes for Incidental Expenses, Becret Service, and Transport year show an increase of 31,690,015 over those approved for the current year. The Under the head "Loss on Subsidiary have been increased by $1,600, $3,000, and principal items of increase, to which 1 Coinage" a sum of $788,000 has been $3,000 respectively, the amounts inserted this year having been under estimated.
·STO as entered as against an estimated loss in would draw your attention
1914 of 8138,000. Since the beginning of The vote for coal and oil-fuel for launches follows:
this year the Government with the has been increased by $3,300, to meet the Under Special Expenditure a piano approval of the Secretary of State, has rise in price and to provide for the motor Fans an increase of 81,015 has been 323,455 & position to deliver the speech orally. I costing $1,500 is provided for, and sold auch larger amount of subsidiary launch. Under Light and Electric 9,077 think we can manage to get our estimates reduction has been made of $500 in the coin to be converted into ballion than in estimated for Of this sum $165 is for former years, and it is proposed to the lighting of Shaukivan and Teat-taz- 808,000 home if we meet this day fortnight amount provided for furniture, continue this policy during next year, mui Stations
26,40% I would not like to curtail the time at your COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT. The sum entered represents the estimated
'GOVERNOR.
disposal the usual time is a fortnight additional Unpassed Cadets are loss at the rate of 16 per cent on Under Special Expenditure, provision
$9,515,002 and even that is somewhat short, and 1 think & week would hardly be reasonable If hon, unofficial inembers take a fortnight we will manage to fit in our arrangements accordingly.
Tho COLONIAL TREASURER seconded. HIB EXCELLENCY My remarks in con- nection with this Bill have been printed and are in the hands of each member, so that with your permission I will take a THE GOVERNOR'S AMDRCŠS
Two
& cost of $37,600 This launch is subsidiary tuin of the nominal value of has been made for a new steam-launch at 85,800,000,
replace No. 2 launch, which has been "A grant of 82,182 being the equivalent condemned as unseaworthy and sold. A of £200 has been provided for as a con- sum of £1,800 has been provided for the tribution to the Royal Sucisty towards the hire of a launch pending the completion cost of an enquiry into the diagnosis of of the now launch. The motor launch to this contribution for three years.
provided for, and also the cost of one Cadet for the Federated Malay States. This latter charge has been incurred owing to Mr. Dyer Ball having been transferred to the Hongkong Service as from the end H18 EXCELLENCY'S address was as of this year. From leaf out of the commercial book and ask follows: Honourable Members of the RECAPTABIAT FOR CHINESE AFFAIES. yellow fever. It is proposed to continue which I have already referred is estimated you kindly to allow them to be taken as Legislative Council, in accordance with A sum of $3,307, has been provided for read. I am sorry that this year the the usual procedure, I propose to give you commuted leave salary, as it is expected Estimates have been brought before you so late. The delay has been caused by a brief summary of the present financial that the Eceretary for Chinese Affairs will
to cost $5,000.
New
The vote for Electric Fans and Lights,"
Government Offices has been
(Continued on page 6.)