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THE HONGKONG

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No. 28.

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VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 20TH JUNE, 1891.

日四十月五年卯辛 日十二月六年一十九百八十一

VOL. XXXVII.

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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 11.

FRIDAY, 5TH JUNE, 1891.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE OFFICER ADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT

Major-General G. DIGBY BARKER, C.B.

The Honourable the Acting Colonial Secretary, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).

the Acting Attorney General, (ANDREW JOHN LEACH).

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the Registrar General, (JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART).

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the Colonial Treasurer, (NORMAN GILBERT MITCHELL-INNES). the Surveyor General, (SAMUEL BROWN).

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JAMES JOHNSTONE KESWICK.

THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.

ABSENT:

The Honourable the Captain Superintendent of Police, (WALTER MEREDITH DEANE, C.M.G.).

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CATCHICK PAUL CHATER.

The Council met pursuant to notice.

The Honourable A. J. LEACH took the oath of allegiance as a Member of the Legislative Council. The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 22nd May, 1891, were read and confirmed.

PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE.-The Acting Colonial Secretary, by direction of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, laid on the table the Report of the Director of the Observatory for 1890.

Votes passed by THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.-The Acting Colonial Secretary, by direction of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, laid on the table the Report of the Finance. Committee, dated the 22nd May, (No. 5), and moved that the following Votes referred to therein be passed, viz. :—

S80 of 1891.

C.S.0. A sum of Nineteen thousand Nine hundred and Eighty Dollars, ($19,980), for

the Peak Water Supply,

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253 of 1991.

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820 of 1891.

A sum of One thousand Two hundred and Twenty-nine Dollars, ($1,229), for general repairs to the Police Steam Launch No. 2, and providing a launch while the repairs are being executed,

A sum of Ninety Dollars, ($90), for an allowance for a Chinese teacher to Mr. WAGGOTT, one of the Student Interpreters, appointed under Section II of the Scheme published in Government Notification No. 209 of 4th May, 1889, at the rate of $10 per month,

$19,980.00

.$ 1,229.00

..$ 90.00