SPECIAL RUBY REFLEX.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
FINANCIAL VOTES.
FRIDAY, AUGUST
The Clairoan? This has already been approved by the Fener Commitles. Tho quarters for Heavenging enolics have already
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At the Finance Committee, the Western district and· Hospital presided over by the Colonial Beano quarters will complete the following the Council meeting, Rund for the Contral district, and retary, the following votes were scheme for Victoria. explained and approved.
$9,700 in aid of the following] voter:
Medical Department.
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Victoria Hospital: Fuel and Light, Provisions for Patients... Washing
Peak Hospital: Bedding, etc.
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Happy Valley.
$2;500 on neñount,&f · Pablo · Other Works Extraordinary, Hongkong, reconditioning [ Recreation Grounds at Happy Valley
$ 800.00 Tho Chairman: This has 2,500.00 alrendy been approved by the 100.00 Fience Committee. The recrea
tion ground suffered much damage 2,000 co by the floods last autumn, and this 3,000.00 um of, $2,500 is requires. The 300.00 clubs onverved have paid for
special work required by them.
1,000.00
$7,030 on nectant of Kowloon. Chain Radway, Speoint Expen
$ 9,700.00 bture: Additional Machines for
The Chairmnu : The amounts Workshops. asked for under Lepatic Asylum The Chairm It was reported and Victoria Hospirat uro due to to the Government that in the the increased number of patients railway workshop there were several As regards the Peak Hospital, the G}" luthes, which were always fully bedding, etc., was supplied out of employed and a 14 lathe to do the Medical Department's atore work too large for the 3. This when the Hospital was taken over has naturdly held work up, and by the Committee appointed by the the locomotive superintendent bas Goverument, and $1,000 wAN TO recommended that it would be quired to provided the articles to desirable to have two 74" lath-n runke good tho deficiency.
which would be fully employed $5,000 in aid of the vola Misceland would ease the congestion laneous Services, grunt in nid ol on both the " and the 657. the new Golf Course at Kowluun. Inthea. These recommendations The Chairman: This vote hae were made in April last year, but, already been approved by the the machines were not delivered Finance Committoe.
until to late to be paid for next yoar. The Crown Agents' accounts | have all now been received and the amount-required is that set out in the financial minute.
$27,000 on aerount of Police Department, special expenditure, purchase of a new police launch.
The Chairman : This vote has already been approved by the Finanes Committen.
The Observatory. $5,843 on account of Royal Observatory, Special Expenditure, Lithographic Machine.
machine.
Hoa. Mr. Holyoak: The but arrived ton Into to be paid lasti year?
1924.
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The Chairman: Yes, I presume
Sole the machines are now in operation Agents : and the sum is, required to pay for tliem.
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Public Works. $272,000 in vid of the following
VALUE OF THE. COLONY.
members have been in personal correspondence with the staff and His Excellency the Governor on the matter. During the war very little was done and now it is propos- ed to get rid of a large amount of FIVE PER CENT INCREASE furniture which is quite worn out.
Hon. Mr. Holyoak: This was the Colony for this year was pro The report on the AEDssment of advocated by the. Unofficial medi- bers two years ago.
sonted to the Legislative Council It was folt yesterday. It shows that the
The Chairman: This numeliine
and earrings shops sufficient for in now doing work for any Depart.
Kowloon-Canton Railway. trafle immediately the line is open ment that applice. It was thought|
$10,620 in aid of the vote again. that the pureliaan would have been Kowloon Canton Railway, Special; approved last year, but the account| Expenditure, New Carpenter's was only received this year. The Shop, Hung Hon. daily weather report and the daily The Chairman: A sum of voten ;. bulletin in produced 12 this $16,000 was included in the Public Works, Recurrent:
estimate for 1022 for this work, Hongkong, Buildings. 1. $400 on account of Education and this sum was revoted in 1923 Department, Special Expenditure, and again this year,
Maintenance of Build- ings 8 62,000.00 that the furniture should be brought rateable value of the Colany is Equipauent of Soboofs.
has actually cost, owing to the Hongkong, Buildings, The Chairman: This som of rise in price $25,01131 The Improvements to
--|-323,147,051, as against $21,050,700 $100 is required, owing to tha | balanes iề now asked for.
Will the last year, an increase of $1,08,- Buildings.. flon. Mr. P. H. Holyoak enquir-Miscellaneous, 18, Ty- Crown Agent's account for 3063.00. not having been received until ad what was the present situation
phoon and Itainstormi May. The amount provided in the in regard to the railway. estimates is exended by S800 ond,
The Chairman: We can only Kowloon, Buildings, 27,
Damages the account for freight und run a local service as far na Low. insuraque may amount to $66. 1] Hon Mr. Holyónk: As far a
Improvements to Buil- would like to ask hou. members to finances go, are any economies New Territories, Build.
dings agree to this vote being increased being made?
aga, 12, Improve- munta tu Buildings 5,000.00 Public Works, Extraordinary:
The Chairman:
t $450 to be on the sale side, so
We are econe- that we shall not have to come tomising in so far that we have not"
the Council again. The Committee to imm so teh cunt ou through Misellanous, -1), Mis
agreed....
trains and we, are keeping an $15,000 on account of Kowlena.nccount of the fosse under the Canton Railway, special expendi-railway agreement Whether we ture, revoustructing the roof of the shaft ever be able to reovar-those | Motor Repair Sheil.
Insees, due to the closing of the The Chairman: This vote has Chiness Section, I cannot sny, but already been greed to by the the neconut is being kept. Do you Finauce Commiffée.
mean economising in sleft?
Popular Volunteer Unit..
$ 12,000.00
$162,500.00
10,000,00
The
up to dato.
Hon. Mr. Bird": amount we are voting bring it 951, or 5.10%. up to date?
The Chairman I understand it has been gone into by the Public Works Department, and this sum is considered sufficient to do it.-
Hon. Mr. Bird: To do it thoroughly?
Hon. Mr. Holyoak: I do not think this is meant to be a final
vote, Bir.
The Chairman: At any rate cethneous Works 30,000.00 hon. members agree that it is desirable the amount should be Totni $972,000.00-voted...........
The Chairman: I would ask that this financial minute inay stand over, as further sums aro required.
This was agreed to. $20,000 on a count of Public
Ноп. Mr. Holyoak: Wo thoroughly approve.
$1,770 in aid of the vote Harbour Muster's Department, Incidental Expenses.
The Chairman: This sum is
constant all over the Colony. Now inoresso has not been Territórios land has appreciatel the most notably. Its total value Inat year was $8,340,684, and this your is $8,007,982, an increase al $558,348, or no less than 16.07% In the City of Victoria the valun tion has gone up 2.87%, and in the 10.30% Hongkong villagos no less than
The number of tenements report ed vacant averaged about 101 monthly, as compared with 75 lost year; but there is no information na to how minny days the tenements wero vacant.
It is interesting to note that in Hon. Mr. Holyoak: I mean in
the rateable value if the Colony the ton years 1915-10 to 1024-26, the general expenditure of the Works, Extraordinary, Whitfield required to pay for certain travel incroneed by $7,800,000, or 36.02% $1,000 in aid of the following frailway in view of the fact that was Sanitary Depot Pier.
ling-motor car-allowances, to votes ;-Military Expenditure "Bennnot rim all the trains.
Tho Chairman: The son of Jooníor offloors of the Har- from $14, 287,286 to $22,147,281 Honglung Volunteer Defence The Chairman: These exten| $20,000 is 1 ro-vote. Tho' sum was bour Department. It was Corps, other charges:-Grant lesions are for the locomotive work included in the supplementary approved recently. In Mounted Infantry Section $2.700: shops. They have been constructed P. W. vote in 1923 and was not
the JAPAN'S NEW TARIFF. case of the Harbour Mastor, equipment and upkeep of arms during the last two years and axpended.
the assistant Harbour Master and EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. $1,000.
were nil approved and undertaken $11,000 on account of Public the deputy Shipping Master it is The Chairman; Provision-wan before this, Chinarò-Section was Works, Extraordiziry, Kowloon $80 a month each. Then there * Tokyo, July 01. The LaviTER made in the 1924 estimates fur 20 stopped. We trust that the stop buildings, married quarters for wore now allowancos for junk Tariff was promulgated this morn members of the Mounted Infan-page of through trafe to Canton is Wai-hai-we! Police at Mongkok inspectors at Shaukiwan and a Dy and becomes effcctire in try Company in the Hongkong merely temporary, and we feel w. Police Statina
shroff at Shaukiwan. They are mediatoly--Reuter, Volunteer Defence Corps. The have to be thorughly prepared to The Chairman: This has already collecting a very large sum of number as been ingreased to 85 undortake full through tralia as born approved by the Finance money from those whohavanavor nb the request of the General soon na the lino is open. Repaira Committee.
paid hitherto. The allowanceof the Officer Commanding. It has been to the line at Shoklung and Conton
Government Marine Surveyor has necessary to make an additional have been made, recently, and so
been raised from $120 to $300, and grant for forage of $2,700 and to far as I know trains could bo" run
$90 is required for the half year. order 16 new sets of andlery, cost-over the line now, but the condi-Governor,
All the other Government Marino Ling $1,800. I may say that this tion of the stock on the Chinese uiture.
Surveyors, of whom there are five, Company is a very popular unit. Seption does not admit of their The Chairman: I think hon, have been given allowancosaccord
500,000 on account of Public running through train at present, members are aware of the fact that ing to their work. They get about Works, Extraordinary, Hongkong, We wish to be in a position to help a very large suta is required to put vory-much more quickly by this urection of quartens for wravenging them by having through. train tho furniture in Government House means. The total sum required coolies, Wanchai.
ready to run and repairing sheds in proper order. I think hen, for the half year is $1,770.*
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Government House Furniture.
$10,000 in aid of the vote, Other Charges, Fur-
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$2,600 in aid of the yote Chari- table Services, grants in aid of charitable institutions, John Kerr Hospital Canton.
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already, boon agreed to by the
Chairman: This h
Finance Committee. I may BAY the name of the Hospital is the John G. Kerr Hospital, and not John Kerr, and the sum is pay- ment for their taking in more lunatics than was expected.
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