PAYMENTS of an unusual or special Description, and Payments on Services amounting to £200, incurred without previous authority from Her Majesty's Secretary of State, for the Quarter ended September 1881.
Description of Service. Amount. To whom paid. Date of authority from the Governor, Date and description of the authority or instruction (if any) from Her Majesty's Government in England, in consequence of which the payment was made. Date of the Governor's Despatch to Her Majesty's Government in England respecting the transaction, in cases where no previous authority may have been received. Column for Remarks in any particular case, and for the statement of any special circumstances.
Jail Slater Despatch N23 April 12 1898. One half to be paid out of balance of Funds and the other half from the Special Fund. Works & Buildings Breakwater at Causeway Bay, or "refuge for boats $12,000. B. & C. N19 of 1881 $100,000.- Miscellaneous services Remuneration for inspecting and reporting on Government telegraph times. $290. Contractor 1st August I Marri's warrant J. Telegraphic clerk a fee of $240 EngineerHONGKONG, Received 188...