to the Ordinances, page 116).
By Section XIV the Scale of Stamp Duties may be varied by Resolution of the Legislative Council, and by Section XV the Salary Remuneration of the Sheriff and of any Deputy Sheriff will be fixed by the Governor in Council. This Ordinance which is to come into force on the 1st of March next will, I believe, work very well and prove of great practical utility.
(Signed) J. Pownall, Attorney General.
26th February, 1873
(True Copy)
Smith
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VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF HONGKONG.
No. 11 of 1872.
THURSDAY, 19TH SEPTEMBER, 1872.
PRESENT:
His Excellency Governor SIR ARTHUR EDWARD KENNEDY, K.C.M.G., C.B.
The Honorable the Acting Chief Justice (HENRY JOHN BALL).
The Honorable the Acting Colonial Secretary (CECIL CLEMENTI SMITH).
The Honorable the Acting Attorney General (THOMAS CHILD HAYLLAR).
The Honorable the Acting Treasurer (CHARLES MAY).
The Honorable PHINEAS RYRIE.
The Honorable HENRY LOWCOCK.
The Honorable JAMES GREIG.
The Honorable JAMES WHITTALL.
ABSENT:
The Honorable WILLIAM HASTINGS ALEXANDER, absent on leave.
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The Council meets this day at 3 P.M., by Special Summons,—no Meeting having taken place on the 18th instant, to which day the Council was adjourned.
The Minutes of the Council held on the 17th September, are read and confirmed.
The Council then resolves itself into a Committee, and resumes discussion and consideration of the Estimates for 1873, adjourned from the last Meeting.
The following Votes are agreed to:---
Colonial Treasurer, 1,700.00 Surveyor General, 720.00 Postmaster General, 6,800.00 Judicial, 50.00 Registrar General, 60.00 Harbor Master, 200.00 Educational, 1,860.00 Medical, 18,000.00 Police Magistrates, 1,050.00 Police, 41,900.00 Gaol, 24,300.00SERVICES, EXCLUSIVE OF ESTABLISHMENTS.
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On the next Vote for "Charitable Allowances" being proposed, the Honorable the Acting Colonial Secretary states that this Vote includes a grant of $1,000 to the Sisters of Charity, and $600 to the Reformatory. Discussion follows.
It is moved by the Honorable PHINEAS RYRIE, seconded by the Honorable HENRY LOWCOCK, that a Sum of $2,400 a year be granted to the Roman Catholic Institutions in the Colony, in lieu of $1,600.
Amendment put, and Division called for.
Council divides.
Ayes (3).
Mr. LOWCOCK.
Mr. RYRIE.
THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE.
Noes (5).
Mr. WHITTALL.
Mr. GREIG.
THE ACTING TREASURER.
THE ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL.
THE ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY.
Amendment lost.
It is then moved by the Honorable JAMES WHITTALL, seconded by the Honorable JAMES GREIG, that $1,800 be granted to the Sisters of Charity, and $600 to the Reformatory, for this year. Question put and carried.
Whereupon, it is resolved that a Sum not exceeding $3,300 be appropriated to meet the amount of Charitable Allowances for 1873.
Acting Colonial Secretary: