934
0.8.0. 2016 & 2292
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 31ST OCTOBER, 1891.
G. DIGBY BARKER.
The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Seven of 1891. thousand Six hundred Dollars, ($7,600), for the Construction of Quarters for the Superin-
tendent, Botanical and Afforestation Department.
C.3.0.
1805 of 1891.
C.O. Desp. 206 of 1891.
Government House, Hongkong, 13th October, 1891.
G. DIGBY Barker.
of Two
The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum hundred and Forty Dollars, ($240), for Conveyance Allowance to the Superintendent, and First Clerk of the Imports and Exports Office. From 1st March to 31st December, 1891, at the rate of $12 per month, each.
Government House, Hongkong, 14th October, 1891.
G. DIGBY BARKER.
The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Two hundred and Eighty-eight Dollars, ($288), to cover the increase to the Salary of the First Clerk and Accountant in the Police Department, being 35 % instead of 20% over his pay, as previously sanctioned.
Government House, Hongkong, 14th October, 1891.
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question--put and agreed to.
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 15th October, (No. 9), and moved that the following Votes referred to therein. be passed, viz. :——
2152 of 1891.
C.S.0. A sum of Three hundred and Twenty Dollars, as a Compassionate Allowance to the Widow and children of CHEONG LOI, late First Shroff in the Colonial Treasury,
C.S.0.
2085 of 1891.
C.S.O.
1866 of 1891.
C.6.0.
1562 of 1891.
C.S.0.
1704 of 1891.
C.S.0.
120 of 1891.
A sum of One thousand and Ninety-two Dollars, as a Compassionate Allowance to the children of the late Mr. A. M. PLACE, Senior Marine Officer in the General Post Office,
A sum of One thousand and Six hundred Dollars, for general repairs to the Government Marine Surveyor's Launch Hilda, and providing a launch while the repairs are being executed,
$5
320.00
$ 1,092.00
..$ 1,600.00
A sum of Three thousand Dollars, for the repair of St. John's Cathedral Church,...$ 3,000.00
A sum of Seven thousand and Thirty-seven Dollars, for the repair to damages caused by the Storm on the 18th and 19th instant, to the Praya wall and roadway in Yaumati, in front of Lots Nos. 215 and 218,
A sum of Three thousand and Five hundred Dollars, for building the Vaccine
Institute,..
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Votes passed.
.$ 7,037.00
.$3,500.00
The Honourable P. RYRIE in the absence of the Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD asked the follow- ing questions:-
(1.) In view of the continued existence of public gambling houses in Chinese Kowloon, which have been for a considerable time and still are a very serious cause of annoyance and injury to the inhabitants of this British Colony and tend to render inoperative recent legislation in Hongkong against gambling,--will the Government lay upon the table a copy of their correspondence with the Imperial Chinese Government on the subject of Public Gambling in Chinese Kowloon,
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