Read a Letter from F. W. MITCHELL, Esquire, Treasurer to the Trustees of Saint John's Cathedral, reporting that the Sum of $3,500 had been raised and paid into the Oriental Bank in aid of the erection of a new Chancel at the Cathedral.
Whereupon, it is moved by The Honorable The Colonial Secretary, and seconded by The Honorable The Acting Treasurer, that a like Sum of $3,500 be contributed by this Govern- ment towards the erection of the said Chancel.
Question put, and carried.
Read a Letter from the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Victoria, reporting that the Sum of $6,000 had been raised by Public Subscription for the erection of a Chapel at the Sailor's Home, and asking that a Grant in aid may be made from Colonial Funds.
It is then moved by The Honorable The Colonial Secretary, and seconded by The Honorable The Chief Justice, that a Grant in aid of $2,500 be made for the erection of the proposed Chapel.
Question put, and carried,
Read a Letter from JAMES WHITTALL, Esquire, reporting on behalf of the Trustees of the Sailor's Home that the Income of the Establishment was insufficient for its maintenance, and urging the Clains of the Institution to be relieved of the payment of License Fees and Police and Lighting Rates.
Whereupon, it is moved by The Honorable The Colonial Secretary, and seconded by The Honorable PHINEAS RYRIE, that the sum of $564 as being the amount charged for Licenses and Taxes be made payable to the Trustees of the Sailor's Home.
Question put, and carried.
Read a Letter from The Honorable The Registrar General asking that a sum not exceeding $100 may be placed at his disposal for the conveyance to their homes of destitute Chinese Females found in Brothels.
It is then resolved, that the sum of $100 be placed at the disposal of the Registrar General as requested.
Read and considered, a Letter from Mr. MELLISH, requesting to have his name placed on the Special:
Jury List for 1871.
Whereupon, the Council decides that it is not in their power to revise the Jury List for the current year.
His Excellency then adjourns the Council at 20 minutes past 4 o'clock, till Saturday next, the 1st of
April, at 11 o'clock.
Read and confirmed, this 1st Day of April, 1871.
L. D'ALMADA ɛ CASTRO,
Clerk of Councils.
HENRY WASE WHITFEILD, Major-General, and Lieutenant-Governor.
VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF HONGKONG.
No. 5 OF 1871.
WEDNESDAY, 3RD MAY, 1871.
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 Acting Colonial Treasurer (CECIL CLEMENTI SMITH.)
The Honorable HENRY JOHN BALL,
The Honorable PHINEAS RYRIE.
The Honorable WILLIAM KESWICK. The Honorable RICHARD ROWETT.
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The Council meets this day at 2 P.M., by Special Summons,no Meeting having taken place on the
12th of April, to which day the Council was adjourned.
The Minutes of the Council held on the 1st of April, are read and confirmed.
The Council then resolves itself into a Committee, and resumes the Discussion and Consideration of the Clauses of the Bill to make further Provision in relation to the Court of Summary Jurisdiction, which was amended at the Meetings held on the 27th and 30th March last.
After which, the Honorable HENRY JOHN BALL begs to submit to the consideration of the Council certain New Clauses which he had prepared, extending the Jurisdiction of the Court at Common Law up to $1,000, and granting to it a limited Jurisdiction in Equity; and which Clauses he had forwarded to the Honorable the Colonial Secretary, with a suggestion that a Special Committee of the Council be appointed to consider them.
The Honorable Member proceeds to explain the Clauses, and states that they are all adopted from corresponding Provisions contained in the Imperial Acts relating to the County Courts in England.
The Honorable the Attorney General states that nearly the whole of the Clauses now submitted by the Honorable HENRY JOHN BALL had formed part of the Bill which His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor originally intended to have proposed to the Council; but it had been determined by His Excellency, for reasons which it is unnecessary now to discuss, to abandon, for the present, the Provisions increasing the Common Law Jurisdiction of the Court to $1,000, and conferring upon it a limited Equity Jurisdiction. Honorable the Attorney General adds, can easily be introduced later by a separate Ordinance. These Provisions, the In the meanwhile, he urges that the consideration of the Bill, as it now stands, be proceeded with.
lis Excellency concurs.
The Honorable the Colonial Secretary states that the clauses submitted by the Honorable HENRY JOHN BALL, as also the correspondence connected therewith, will be forwarded for the consi- deration of The Secretary of State when the Bill is passed,
Whereupon, The Honorable HENRY JOHN BALL states that he would not press his suggestion in
reference to the Clauses submitted by him.
The Bill is then recommitted, amended and passed, hearing the Title of "An Ordinance enacted by: the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend Ordinance No. 7 of 1862, and to provide for the Summary Trial of Cases in the Supreme Court,"-being "No. 1 of 1871."
His Excellency The Lieutenant-Governor calls the attention of the Council to a Report which had been received from the Surveyor General, representing that, owing to the number and variety of Public Works in course of construction, he is unable to devote that amount of time and personal attention to the building of the New Roof at Government House which would be required of him, if called upon to undertake the Work himself, instead of entrusting it to a Contractor, in accordance with the usual practice; also, that since the Meeting of the Council on the 30th of March, the lowest Tender previously offered has been reduced to the sum of $12,600-and further, that he found it was impossible to get the work done at the price originally estimated. Under these circumstances, His Excellency proposes that the lowest Tender now offered for the work, namely, $12,600, be accepted, and that the Council should authorize the Expenditure of that sum for the construction of the work in question. After some discussion, the Council concurs in the proposal of His Excellency, and an Expenditure not exceeding $12,600 for the construction of the New Roof at Government House is agreed to. dis Excellency adjourns the Council at a quarter before 6 o'clock, till Friday, the 5th Instant, at
2 P.M.
Read and confirmed, this 29th Day of May, 1871.
L, D'ALMADA E CASTRO,
Clerk of Councils.
HENRY WASE Whitfeild, Major-General, and Lieutenant-Governor.
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