7.-GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS.
Government House.
Government House was maintained in repair, and the Sanitary arrangements were satisfactory.
8.-PUBLIC WORKS.
The expenditure under this head was $25,102.14 for ordinary repairs to buildings, $51,518 fœ upkeep of the roads and streets; and $62,115.90 for Defensive Works.
9.-LEGISLATION.
The following Ordinances were passed during the year:-
No. 1.-An Ordinance entitled The Vaccination Ordinance, 1888.
No. 2.-An Ordinance entitled The Defences Sketching Prevention Ordinance, 1888.
No. 3.-An Ordinance to amend The Crown Remedies Ordinance, 1875.
No. 4.- An Ordinance for prohibiting the enclosure of Verandahs erected over Crown Lands No. 5.-An Ordinance entitled The Official Signatures Fees Ordinance, 1888.
No. 6. An Ordinance for the naturalization of FRITZ ADOLPHI FRICCIUS GROBIEN.
No. 7.-An Ordinance for the naturalization of HILLUNE LOO NGAWK otherwise Loo Kit
FUNG.
No. 8.-An Ordinance for the naturalization of Lar Snang otherwise LAI CHER KÜN.
No. 9.-An Ordinance for the naturalization of LAI KIT otherwise Lai Cheuk.
No. 10.—An Ordinance to provide for the preservation of copies of Books printed in Hong.
kong, and for the registration of such Books.
No. 11.-An Ordinance entitled The Unclaimed Balances Ordinance, 1888. No. 12.—An Ordinance entitled The Vagrancy Ordinance, 1888.
No. 13. An Ordinance entitled The Regulation of Chinese Ordinance, 1888. No. 14.—An Ordinance entitled The Trees Preservation Ordinance, 1888. No. 15.-An Ordinance entitled The Rating Ordinance, 1888.
No. 16.—An Ordinance for the reservation of a European District in the City of Victoria. No. 17.—An Ordinance entitled The Coroner's abolition Ordinance, 1888.
No. 18.-An Ordinance entitled The French Mail Steamers Ordinance continuation Ordinance
1888.
No. 19.—An Ordinance entitled The German Mail Steamers Ordinance continuation. Ordin
nance, 1888.
No. 20.-An Ordinance for the naturalization of Jons WONG CHUN otherwise Woxo Yu
SHANG.
No. 21.-An Ordinance for the naturalization of T'ám Iu Ts'ün otherwise T'AM FUK-SIC. No. 22.—An Ordinance for the naturalization of Li Ỏ Mt otherwise La Tái Fung. No. 23.-An Ordinance to authorize in certain cases judicial investigations into the cans
of fire.
No. 24.—An Ordinance to anthorize the Appropriation of a Supplementary Suin of Ont
hundred and Ninety-four thousand Four hundred and Sixty-eight Dollars an Sixty-three Cents to defray the Charges of the Year 1887.
No. 25.—An Ordinance to apply a sum not exceeling One million Two hundred and Thirts nine thousand Eight hundred and Ninety-seven Dollars to the Public Servis
of the Year 1889.
No. 26.-An Ordinance entitled The European District Reservation Ordinance Amendin
Ordinance, 1888.
No. 27.-An Ordinance to amend Ordinance 9 of 1876.
No. 28.-An Ordinance for the naturalization of ELIAS ISAAC ELIAS otherwise ELIAS Isu
ELIAS ZACHARIAH.
No. 29.-An Ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 15 of 1886.