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HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
A meeting of the Finance Committee followed, the COLONIAL-SECRETARY pre- siding:-
The supplementary Appropriation Bill was considered in Committee and agreed
to without amendment.
Honorarium to Government Analyst
The Governor recommended the Council to vote a sum of two hundred pounds (£200) in aid of Miscellaneous Services, honorarium to Mr. F. Browne, late Gov- ernment Analyst..
THE CHAIRMAN-The Governor has already explained this gratuity for Mr. F. Browne.
The vote was agreed to.
Railway Engineer's Honorarium
The Governor recommended the Council to vote a sum of two hundred pounds (£200) in aid of Miscellaneous Services, honorarium to Mr. R. Baker, Engineer of Ways and Works, Kowloon-Canton Railway.
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THE CHAIRMAN-In 1913 Mr. Baker was called upon to take over charge of the terminal station Kowloon, and at that time it pointed out that this was outside his ordinary duties as engineer of Ways and Works. At that time the Secretary of State said he would be prepared to con-
sider a vote of that description upon a report that the work was satisfactorily completed. In March last the manager of the railway reported that the archi- tect, when designing the building, left a great deal of work to the engineer in charge of the erection, evidently feeling that he would be at hand to supply details when necessary. That had not been the case, so that Mr. Baker had
been occasions
called upon many upon not only to supply details but also to make corrections in the drawings where they were found to be incorrect. The manager
added that he considered Mr. Baker was deserving of every appre- ciation, and he recommended him for the bonus promised to him on the completion: of the building. The recommendation: had been forwarded to the Secretary of State, and he had agreed to it, and that rote was now being asked for.
This vote was agreed to.
Supplementary Vote
HIS EXCELLENCY returned to the Chair and Council resumed.
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY report-- ed to the Governor that the Supplemen- tary Vote had been approved by the Finance Committee, and he moved the third reading of the Bill.
THE COLONIAL TREASURER second- ed, and the Bill was then read a third' time and passed.
HIS EXCELLENCY-Council stands adjourned until this day week.
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