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VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF HONGKONG.
No. 5 of 1870.
THURSDAY, 18TH AUGUST, 1870. PRESENT:
His Excellency Major-General WHITFEILD, Lieutenant-Governor. The Honorable the Chief Justice, (JOHN SMALE.)
The Honorable the Colonial Secretary, (JOHN GARDINER AUSTIN.)
The Honorable the Attorney General, (JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE.)
The Honorable the Colonial Treasurer, (FREDERICK H. A. FORTH.)
The Honorable HUGH BOLD GIBB.
The Honorable PHINEAS RYRIE.
The Honorable WILLIAM KESWICK.
The Honorable RICHARD ROWETT.
ABSENT:
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The Honorable the Auditor General, (WILLIAM H. RENNIE), absent on leave.
The Council meets this day at 3 P.M., by Special Summons.
The Minutes of the Council held on the 28th July, are read and confirmed.
His Excellency lays on the Table a Bill "to amend Ordinance No. 9 of 1857, in relation to the Issue of Night Passes, and to provide for the better Security of the Residents of the Colony; and the same is read a First time.
The Supplementary Appropriation Bill for 1869 is read a Second time, and the Council goes into
Committee upon the Supplementary Estimates for the said year. The following Votes are then agreed to:-
ESTABLISHMENTS:
Surveyor General, Postmaster General,
Registrar General,
Lock Hospital,
Fire Brigade,..
C.
1,157.08
105.53
28.23
244.03
9,491.05
TOTAL ESTABLISHNENTS,
11,026.52
REVENUE SERVICES, (Exclusive of Establishments), CHARITABLE ALLOWANCES,
1,158.86
18184
POLICE,
(do.),
WORKS AND BUILDINGS,
MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES,
HOSPITALS, (Exclusive of Establishments),
ROADS, STREETS, AND BRIDGES,
517.25
18,875.51
73,418.47
1,318.82
84,540.51
TOTAL,
8140,477.58
The Appropriation Bill being in accordance with the foregoing Votes, His Excellency puts the
Question:-
That this Bill do pass, and that the Title be "An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to authorize the Appropriation of a Supplementary Sum not exceeding One hundred and Forty-one thousand Dollars to defray the Charges of the Year 1869.
Question put and carried,--the Ordinance being numbered "No. 5 of 1870.”
The Amended Appropriation Bill for 1870 is next read a Second time, and the Council goes into Com-
mittee upon the Amended Estimates for the said year.
The following Votes are agreed to:~~
CIVIL DEPARTMENTS:
X-
Governor,
Colonial Secretary, Colonial Treasurer,
Auditor General, Clerk of Councils, Surveyor General, Postmaster General, Registrar General,
8 c.
740.00 13,076.00
4,880.00
14,687.00
100.00
27,840.00 34,134.00 11,238.00
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