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HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
"Lysholt"
The Governor recommended the Council to vote a sum of four hundred dollars in aid of the vote Miscellaneous Services, Purchase of "Lysholt at the Peak.
THE CHAIRMAN--This is the percentage to the purchaser. The amount was not provided for. The opinion of the Cham- ber of Commerce has been taken as to the fairness of the amount and they expressed the opinion that it was quite fair. The purchaser was giving the money away. partly in charity and partly to another useful object.
The vote was agreed to.
Legal Expenses
The Governor recommended the Council
two dollars and sixty-nine cents in aid to vote a sum of one hundred and twenty, of the vote Judicial and Legal Depart- ments, E.--Crown Solicitor, Other Charges, Extra Legal Expenses.
THE CHAIRMAN-This is in connection with a certain case over the Stamp Duty. The case came before the Courts and the Government lost. The costs were settled at this comparatively low price. No pro- vision had been made for them and it is necessary, therefore, to take this vote.
The vote was agreed to.
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