CO129-530-3 Supplementary Expenditure- reports of the Finance Committee and quarterly returns 13-2-1930 - 7-6-1932 — Page 139

No. 5.

Enclosure No.1.

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REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

FINANCE COMMITTEE,

AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONG KONG,

on the 2nd April, 1931.

PRESENT:

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (Mr. EDWIN RICHARD HALLIFAX, C.M.G., C.B.E.).

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the Colonial Treasurer, (Mr. CHARLES MOILVAINE MESSER, O.B.E.).

Mr. HAROLD THOMAS CREASY, C.B.E., (Director of Public Works).

Sir SHOUSON CHOW, Kt.

Mr. WILLIAM EDWARD LEONARD SHENTON.

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Mr. JOHN OWEN HUGHES.

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Mr. ROBERT HORMUS KOTEWALL, C.M.G., LL.D.

Mr. JOSÉ PEDRO BRAGA.

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Mr. Ts'o SEEN-WAN, O.B.E., LL.D.

Mr. CHARLES GORDON STEWART MACKIE.

Mr. JOHN JOHNSTONE PATERSON.

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Mr. NORMAN LOCKHART SMITH, (Clerk of Councils).

The Committee met pursuant to summons.

The Committee having considered the items of Supplementary Expenditure

Nos. 199 to 203 of 1930 and Nos. 12 and 13 of 1931, in Message No. 5 of 30th March,

recommend that they be authorised.

E. R. HALLIFAX, Chairman.

Adopted by the Legislative Council on the 7th May, 1931.