CO129-435 - Governor Sir May & Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1916 [9-11] — Page 574

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HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

with the result that in order to adjust the accounts the sum of $843 and some cents are required and we have got to come to the Council for that sum.

Coolie Labour for Sanitary Work

The Governor recommended the Council to vote a sum of $1,000 in aid of the vote Sanitary Department, Other Charges, Sanitary Staff, Coolie Labour.

THE CHAIRMAN-This is required for extra coolies during the visitation of plague. The head of the Sanitary De-

has partment

had to engage a number of temporary coolies for cleans- ing and disinfection and may have to engage more. Their wages amount to $371 a month, and as there is not suffi- cient money on the vote he has asked for this supplementary vote of $1,000.

Compensation for Officers of the "Tai On"

The Governor recommended the Council to vote a sum of $2,830, in aid of the following votes:

Miscellaneous Services.

Compensation to Captain and Officers

of str. Tai On for the loss of personal effects

Charitable Services.

Charitable Allowance to Widow of the late L. J. da Silva, for 8 months at $10 a inonth

Total

$2,750

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THE CHAIRMAN-This is compensa- tion for the loss of personal property by Captain Wetherell, Mr. Macartney, Mr. Diaz and Mr. Concepcion of the Tai On ($2,750), and an allowance of $10 a month up to the end of this year for the widow of the late Mr. da Silva. This is not all we shall have to ask for, but it is all we have an estimate of at present. An allowance for the widow of the Chief Officer may have to be asked for later when we hear from India.

Volunteer Reserves Equipment

The Governor recommended the Council to vote a sum of $281.57 in aid of the vote Special Expenditure, B.-Volunteers, Reserves Equipment.

Grant in Aid of Scientific Research

The Governor recommended the Council to vote a sum of $1,091, the equivalent of £100, in aid of the vote Miscellaneous Services, Grants in aid of Scientific Institutes, Imperial Bureau of Ento- mology in London, in respect of 1913-14 and 1914-15.

Secret Service Vote

The Governor recommended the Council to vote a sum of $7,000 in aid of the vote $2,830 Police and Prison Departments, A.- A.— Police, Other Charges, Secret Service.