14
salary of £350, would bring the total emoluments of the post up to £500, the sum allowed in the estimates for this year.
I may add that the responsibilities attaching to it, and the living expenses incurred in this post, are considerably greater than those of the posts held by members of Mr. Barton's standing in the Consular service.
I have, &c.,
A. R. F. DORWARD,
Major-General,
Commissioner.
15
Crown, and further amended in consultation with the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.
2. Their Lordships have expressed their concurrence in the draft Order as now amended, and a letter has been received from the War Office stating that Mr. Brodrick has no amendment to propose.
3. I am now to ask that Mr. Chamberlain may be informed, at an early date, whether the Marquess of Lansdowne concurs in the amended draft Order, which it is desired to submit to His Majesty in Council as soon as possible.
4. It is requested that the enclosed copy of the draft Order may be returned to this Department with your reply.
Enclosure in No. 22.
CIVIL ACCOUNT. WEI-HAI-WEI.
1ST JANUARY TO 31ST MARCH 1901.
18271
No. 24.
I am, &c.,
C. P. LUCAS.
COLONIAL OFFICE to ADMIRALTY.
Downing Street, May 30, 1901. I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter of the 25th instant, and to request you to inform the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty that Mr. Chamberlain concurs in the sub-clause which their Lordships propose to substitute for s. 82 (2) of the draft Order in Council for the exercise of His Majesty's jurisdiction at Wei-hai-wei.
2. The draft Order, as now amended, will be forwarded to the Foreign Office for the concurrence of the Marquess of Lansdowne, and will, in due course, be submitted to His Majesty in Council. Copies of the Order, as finally approved, will be forwarded for their Lordships' information.
3. I am to take this opportunity of asking for the return of the draft Order enclosed in the letter from this Department of the 28th February last.†
KECEIPTS.
EXPENDITURE.
Amount. Totals.
*. c. *
C.
Amount.
*
Totals.
C.
* c.
SIR,
FROM MAINLAND -
...
Land Tax Wine Licenses
Opium Licenses
4,016 25
300 0
CIVIL OFFICE AND MAIN-
LAND :-
Salaries of Staff
1,020 48
***
587 50
Fuel and Light
90 78
Land purchase regis-
22 0
Stationery
...
46 67
tration fees.
Telegrama
---
10 45
Sale of Maps
14 67
Stable, Forage, &o....
75 60
Sale of Land Regu-
2 80
lations.
Junk Dues
Expenses of Civil
Hospital.
77
V
...
...
325 56
Junk Licenses Fines
FROM ISLAND :—
Cash in hand, 1st
January, 1901.
201 50
105 U
Miscellaneous
Grants, Magistrate,
Wei-hai-Wei City.
...
11 0 120
0
***
5,578 28
Prison expenses
23 77
Purchase of Maps
139 16
1,614 91
510 66
ISLAND :-
Sampan licenses
**
366 50
Purchase of Seeds... Pay of Police
8 20
-
938 50
18479
Dog licenses
***
50 O
Clothing, Police
179 20
Grazing licenses
***
59 O
Fuel and
Light,
114 NO
Bumboat licenses...
16 50
Police.
Hawker licenses
5 25
Establishment
...
614 0
Boarding house
licenses.
+
10 0
Prison expenses
***
91 53
SIR,
Contingencies
60 49
Meat-shop licenses...
14 0
Fines
Wharfage dues
Conservancy
1,633 50
418 27
466 81
Engineering Expen- 1,548 59
diture.
MATON MUNICIPALITY
133 30
MATON MUNICIPALITY
Total
221 51
9,353 31
3,550 49
224 54
9,353 31
Balance in hand
Total
5,303 52
3,555 31 133 30
5,303 52 4,049 70
9,353 31
A. R. F. DORWARD,
Major General,
Commissioner.
15th April, 1901.
18271
No. 23.
SIR,
COLONIAL OFFICE to FOREIGN OFFICE.
[Answered by No. 26.]
*
Downing Street, May 30, 1901. WITH reference to your letter of the 2nd January last, respecting the draft Order in Council for the exercise of His Majesty's jurisdiction at Wei-hai-wei, I am directed by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain to transmit to you, to be laid before the Marquess of Lansdowne, a copy of the draftf as revised by the Law Officers of the
• No. G.
↑ Not printed.
No. 25.
I am, &c.,
C. P. LUCAS.
COLONIAL OFFICE to WAR OFFICE.
Downing Street, May 31, 1901.
WITH reference to the letter from this Department of the 9th instant, I am directed by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain to request you to inform Mr. Secretary Brodrick that a letter§ has been received from the Treasury stating that the Lords ('ommissioners concur in the proposal to instruct the Commissioner at Wei-Hai-Wei to issue a Proclamation making the British dollar legal tender on equal terms with the Mexican dollar, after a period of three months, provided he has first obtained the consent of the Chinese Governor, as regards the city of Wei-Hai-Wei.
2. It is understood that a copy of the letter has been forwarded from the Treasury to the War Office.
3. Major-General Dorward will be instructed accordingly, as soon as the Order
in Council for the administration of Wei-Hai-Wei has been approved by His Majesty in Council.
22397
I am, &c.,
C. P. LUCAS.
SIR,
No. 26.
FOREIGN OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE.
(Received June 29, 1901.)
[Copy of Draft Order in Council to Council Office, July 13, 1901. L.F.]
Foreign Office, June 28, 1901.
I LAID before the Marquess of Lansdowne your letter of the 30th ultimo,|| trans- mitting a copy of the draft Order in Council for the exercise of His Majesty's jurisdic-
| No. 23.
• No. 20.
† No. 8.
‡ No. 19.
§ No. 21.
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
19
Reference :-
TILLC.O. 882
6
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC-
COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH-NOT TO