629
C.S.O.
450 of 1882.
Opium boiling Factory,
The Committee recommend that the following items be voted for this service:
Half salary to Mr. CRAMP from the date of his departure from England (9th November, 1882), to the date of his arrival in the Colony (30th December, 1882), at $800 per annum, .....................
$113.40
Full salary for 31st December, 1882, at $1,600 per annum,
4.30
from 1st January to 30th November, 1883, at $1,600 per annum,
1,466.66
$1,584.36
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SERVICES EXCLUSIVE OF ESTABLISHMENTS.
Colonial Treasurer.
Read: A Minute by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, dated the 16th ultimo, requesting the Surveyor General to ascertain and report upon the conditions under which the building in Sai On Lane, used by the then Opium Farmers for boiling Opium, could be hired by the Government.
$100 per month;
fittings for the seat,
$300.
C.S.O.
616 of 1883.
Additional Opium boiling Factory, $35 per month.
Read also: The Surveyor General's Minute of the 17th ultimo, reporting that the proprietor of the building would take $100 a month rent for the building; and asking that a sum of $1,500 be placed at his disposal for keeping the place fitted up with proper furnaces during the year for Opium boiling purposes.
The Committee find that the premises are necessary for the proper carrying out of the Excise Ordinances (Opium) 1858-1879, and that the furnaces require constant changing.
The Committee therefore recommend that the sums asked for be voted.
Read: Letter No. 7 of the 7th instant, from the Colonial Treasurer, reporting the necessity of renting an additional house for Opium boiling purposes.
The Committee find that owing to the increased quantity of Opium boiled daily it is necessary to provide more space, and recommend therefore that a sum be voted for the renting of another house close to the Public Factory which the Surveyor General reports may be got at $35 per month.
C.S.O.
773 of 1883.
Lands and Houses purchased.
Read: Surveyor General's letter No. 77 of the 17th instant, urging the immediate resumption by the Crown of Inland Lot No. 519 for the purposes of the Hospital extension scheme sanctioned by the Secretary of State.
$1,056.
Read also: A Minute by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, directing a vote to be taken in Finance Committee for the amount ($1,058) to be paid by way of compensation to the Owner (Mr. TANG ALUK).
The Committee find that the amount assessed by the Surveyor General is reasonable, and recommend therefore that the sum $1,058 be voted.
The Chairman adjourns the Committee sine die.
Read and confirmed this
7 day of
1883.
Clerk of Councils,
Read in the Legislative Council, this 24th day of March, 1883.
ABATHOON SETH, Clerk of Councils.
Chairman.
C.S.O.
670 of 1883.
$1,000 (re-vote).
Roads, Streets, and Bridges.
Read: Letter No. 73 of the 13th instant, from the Surveyor General, asking for a re-vote of the sum of $1,000 for the completion of the Stone Steps and Balustrade Fence leading from Duddell Street to Ice House Lane.
The Committee find that a sum of $2,000 was provided for this service in the Estimates for 1882, and that owing to unavoidable delays it was not possible to set the work in hand until very late in the last financial year; the Committee find further that provision is made for only $1,000 for this work in the Estimates for the current year.
The Committee therefore recommend that the sum asked for be re-voted.