Despatch 4:36
169
Honghous
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240 April 1879.
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THE HONGKONG
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$490.
74.54
Government Gazette.
No. 42.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 19TH OCTOBER, 1878.
VOL. XXIV.
SPEECH OF HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR ON THE COLONIAL FINANCES.
The following Report, extracted from the Daily Press, is published for general information.
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
A meeting of the Legislative Council was held on Thursday, the 15th October. There were present-
His Excellency Governor POPE HENNESSY, C.M.G. Honourable F. SNOWDEN, (Acting Chief Justice). Honourable C. Max, (Acting Colonial Secretary). Honourable G. PHILLIPPO, (Attorney General).
Honourable J. M. PRICE, (Acting Colonial Treasurer).
Honourable P. RYRIE.
Honourable W. KESWICK,
Honourable H. Lowcock.
Honourable T. C. HAYLLAR, Q.C.
THE LATE PRINCE CONSORT.
HIS EXCELLENCv.-Gentlemen, in accordance with that which is the loyal practice in all Colonies of Her Majesty's Empire where anything concerning the Royal Family comes before the Council, I rise to ask you to suspend the standing orders for the purpose of enabling me to prepose a vote of £110 for a portrait of the late Prince Consort. I mentioned to some of my Honourable friends on the Council last year, that certain native visitors, who had come to see me at Government House, noticed that we had no portrait of the Prince Consort on the walls, and, being Chinese gentlemen, they expressed surprise that, while we had portraits of the Princes, there was no portrait of their illustrious father. My Chinese friends were not ignorant of Prince ALBERT's unrivalled farae as an exalted Public Character and as a noble model of domestic life. Taking the hint so given, I communicated with the Secretary of State. My despatch was laid before the Queen and Her Majesty has herself been graciously pleased to select a portrait of the Prince Consort by WINTERHALTER, in the uniform of the Rifle Brigade, as the portrait which will be copied for Hongkong. The copy will be made by Mr. WILLIAMSON, who had been chosen as the artist to do so by Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH. I therefore beg to move, with your permission, that we vote a sum of £110 for this purpose, and thus secure a suitable companion picture for the portrait of Her Majesty that was obtained for Government House in 1867.
Honourable W. KESWICK.-Your Excellency, I have pleasure in seconding the motion just proposed. There can be no doubt that the loyalty of every colonist will be gratified by seeing the portrait of the late Prince Consort at Government House. There probably has been no man in so exalted a position who so well remembered that great powers and natural gifts bring to their possessor not so much privileges as duties. I have pleasure in seconding the motion.
THE FINANCES OF THE COLONY.
HIS EXCELLENCY.-Gentlemen, it will be in the recollection of Members of the Council that last year, in accordance with the usual practice in the Colony, I laid before the Council my Financial Statement, when submitting the Estimates for 1878. On that occasion, I mentioned to the Council that I had taken, in one respect, an unusual course. I said:-"Some "time ago, towards the end of Septeinber, I gave to the Finance Committee the trouble of looking over the Estimates of "Expenditure for 1878. It is not usual for a Governor to do so, but this being the first time I had had to prepare the "Estimates for this Colony, I thought it well to be guided by their greater local experience, and accordingly the Estimates "came before thom." Weil, gentlemen, I had to consider this year how far that innovation had worked well or otherwise, and, being of opinion that it worked remarkably well, I have this year also troubled the Finance Committee to look into the Estimates of Expenditure, the various proposals that have been made by heads of departments, increases of salaries, &c., and the Finance Committee from time to time have met and considered those proposals, and before next month, I trust that they will have had before them the whole of the proposed Estimates of Expenditure for the year 1879.
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