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HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
A meeting of the Finance Committee was then held, the COLONIAL SECRETARY presiding. The following votes passed: -
Scavengers' Quarters
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The Governor recommended the Council to vote a sum of $670 in aid of the vote Public Works, Extraordinary, Hongkong, Buildings, Temporary Quarters for Scavengers.
THE CHAIRMAN-The departmental Estimate for this work was $7,000, and the amount expended up to the end of last year
was $4,124.69, and this year $1,000 is provided, but there was work done last year which was not paid for to the amount of $669.46, and in making the Estimate of expenditure for this year no provision was made for that work by an oversight. Therefore it is necessary to provide a sum of $670 now.
Miscellaneous
The Governor recommended the Council to vote a sum of $4,850 in aid of the vote Public Works, Recurrent, New Territories, Miscellaneous, Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages Mainland and Islands Northern District.
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THE CHAIRMAN-There were several works damaged by typhoon last year in the New Territory and Northern Islands. One was the four span bridge at Taipo, which was broken down and was not completed till April this year. The sum required for work done this year was $3,516.60. There were breaches made by typhoons in the Pingshan and Au Tau Roads, and the value of earth-work done in September, 1913. The total was $4,819.61, and the sum asked for is $4,850 to be on the safe side.
Compensation for Resumption
of Land
The Governor recommended the Council to vote a sum of $6,092.34 in aid of the vote Public Works, Extraordinary, Compensa- tion for the resumption of land and houses at Tytam Tuk Village in connec- tion with Tytam Tuk Water Scheme, Second Section.
THE CHAIRMAN-This vote is for com- pensation to villagers. It has taken some- time to come to an agreement with them, but now that an agreement has been reached it is hoped that the village will be cleared away as soon as possible.
HON. MR. HEWETT-In addition to
Crown land elsewhere? the compensation, are you giving them
Yes, at Saiwan. THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
HON. MR. HEWETT-Are they all going bodily to the same place?
THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS -Yes.
Compensation for Cattle
Destroyed
to vote a sum of $832.43 in aid of the vote The Governor recommended the Council
Miscellaneous Services, Compensation for Cattle destroyed.
THE CHAIRMAN-This vote is account of an outbreak of rinderpest among the cattle of the French fathers at found necessary to destroy certain healthy Pokfulam. Several cattle died, and it was animals to prevent the spread of infection as they had been in contact with the others.
value of healthy animals has to be paid. Under the Ordinance, half the
quickly in order to avoid a bad epidemic. It was really necessary to do this very
Half of the value of the sick cows was allowed, and the whole of the value of healthy ones.
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