CO129-175 - Sir Kennedy - 1876 [9-12]

7 in C.1.0. N.2655.

SPECIAL FUND.

Account from the 1st July to the

31st December, 1875.

HONGKONG.

ANNO QUADRAGESIMO VICTORIE REGINE.

SIR ARTHUR EDWARD KENNEDY, K.C.M.G., C.B., Governor and Commander-in-Chief.

No. 7 OF 1876.

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to apply a sum not exceeding Eight hundred and Eight thousand Two hundred Dollars to the Public Service of the Year 1877.

[16th November, 1876.]

WHEREAS the expenditure required for the service of this Colony for the year 1877 has been estimated at the sum of eight hundred and eight thousand two hundred dollars and thirty-eight cents: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong-kong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:--

1877

I. A sum not exceeding eight hundred and eight thousand two hundred dollars shall be, and the same is hereby charged upon the revenue of this Colony for the service of the year 1877, and the said sum so charged shall be expended as hereinafter specified; that is to say:-

Governor, $ 2,708.00 Colonial Secretary, 8,176.00 Colonial Treasurer, 3,432.00 Auditor General, 15,030.00 Clerk of Councils, 100.00 Surveyor General, 24,170.00 Postmaster General, 28,438.00 Registrar General, 11,314.00 Harbour Master, 27,062.00 Lighthouses, 7,424.00 Collector of Stamp Revenue, 4,162.00 Judicial, 21,000.00 Registrar of Companies, 192.00 Ecclesiastical, 1,758.00 Educational, 17,436.00 Medical, 14,100.00 Police Magistrates, 6,840.00 Police, 144,610.80 Gaol, 18,228.00 Fire Brigade, 8,446.00 Government Gardens, 4,336.80 Total Establishments, $363,832.60

SERVICE EXCLUSIVE OF ESTABLISHMENTS.

Governor $ 1,500.00 Colonial Treasurer, 20,784.78 Surveyor General, 50.00 Postmaster General, 200.00 Registrar General, 4,620.00 Judicial, 19,420.00 Educational, 300.00 Medical, 38,885.00 Police Magistrates, 14,120.00 Police, 2,000.00 Gaol, 4,000.00 Fire Brigade, 4,500.00 Charitable Allowances, 141,500.00 Transport, 49,920.00 Works and Buildings, 1,000.00 Roads, Streets and Bridges, 36,800.00 Lighthouses, 104,348.00 Miscellaneous Services, Military Contribution, Total, $808,200.38

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 16th day of November, 1876.

H. E. WODEHOUSE,

Clerk of Councils,