CO129-435 - Governor Sir May & Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1916 [9-11] — Page 605

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HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

HON. MR. POLLOCK -Well, if it does not mean what I do not know what it does mean. With regard to my sources of information, I think it most im- proper that your Excellency should try ad enquire as to my sources of infor- mation.

did HIS EXCELLENCY

not ask you for your sources of information. I asked if

you

had ever seen or spoken you to the Japanese nurses.

HON. MR. POLLOCK ---What I said

was

HIS EXCELLENCY Council stands. adjourned until this day week. There will be a Finance Meeting after this meeting. His Excellency then left the Council Chamber,

FINANCE COMMITTEE.

A meeing of the Finance Committee fol- lowed, the COLONIAL SECRETARY presiding.

The Governor recommended the Council to vote a sum of nineteen thousand five hundred dollars ($19,500) in aid of the following votes: --

Public Works, Recurrent

Hongkong, Miscellaneous:--

Typhoon and rainstorm dam-

agės

$15,000

Kowloon, Miscellaneous:-

Typhoon and rainstorm dam-

gee

3,000

New Territories, Miscellaneous :-

Typhoon and rainstorm daan- ages-Mainland and Islands in Northern District

1.500

Total

$19.500

The vote was agreed to.

Lighthouses and Lights

The Governor recommended the Council to vote a sum of one thousand four hun- dred and eighty dollars and eighty-nine cents ($1,480.89) in aid of. Harbour Mas- ter's Department, Special Expenditure. F.-Lighthouses and Lights, Installation of Aga Light at Ma Wan Island.

The vote was agreed to.

Kowloon Improvements

The Governor recommended the Council to vote a sum of one thousand five hun-

dred dollars ($1,500) in aid of the vote Public Works. Extraordinary, Kowloon, Communications, Roads, General Works.

The vote was agreed to.

Upkeep of Plants

The Governor recommended the Council to vote a sum of six thousand dollars ($6,000) in aid of the vote Public Works, Recurrent, Hongkong, Miscellaneous,. upkeep of plant.

The vote was agreed to

Relief of Destitutes

The Governor recommended the Council to vote a sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000 'n aid of the vote charitable ser- vices, passages and relief of destitutes.

The vote was agreed to.

Educational

The Governor recommended the Council to vote a sum of two thousand two hun- dred dollars ($2,200) in aid of Education, Special Expenditure, 4. Department of Director of Education, Ellis Kadoorie School for Indians, furniture.

The vote was agreed to.

Prison Charges

The Governor recommended the Council to. vote a sum of one thousand four hun- dred and fifty dollars ($1,450) in aid of Police and Prison Departments, Prison, other charges, night-soil buckets.

The vote was agreed to.

Harbour Expenditure

The Governor recommended the Council to vote a sum of thirty-five thousand dol- lars ($35,000) in aid of the following votes, viz. --

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HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

Harbour Master's Department

Harbour Office:

Other charges, raising and re- newing moorings, of ocean steamship

Special expenditure, acquisition and re-arrangement of moor- ings in Victoria Harbour

Total,

$5,000

30,000

$35.000

THE CHAIRMAN -His Excellency the Governor has already explained the reasons for these votes,

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On a division being taken, the votes were agreed to, only the Hou, Mr. Pollock voting against them.

Lighting Extensions at Kowloon

The Governor recommended the Council to vote a sum of four hundred dollars ($400) in aid of the vote Public Works, Extraordinary, Kowloon, Lighting Ex- tensions of Lighting.

The vote was agreed to.

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Charitable Services

HON. MR. POLLOCK I ask for a divi- The Governor recommended the Council sion. Unofficial members of the Council to vote a sum of one thousand dollars persistently opposed this scheme, which | ($1,000) in aid of the vote charitable ser- was forced on them by the Government. vices, other charitable allowances. Therefore, I think the extra votes should

The vote was agreed to.

be refused. We have always opposed this.

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N.B. The Meeting was adjourned because there

was no further business before the

Council.

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