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C.S.O. 1513 of 1890.

C.S.0.

1613 of 1890.

C.5.0.

1813 of 1890.

C.5.0. 2935 of 1889.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12TH JULY, 1890.

F. FLEMING.

(2.)

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Twenty-six thousand Six hundred and Sixty-four Dollars, and Forty-nine cents, ($26,664.49), to defray the Salaries, Allowances and Office Contingencies of the Water and Drainage Depart- ment for the current year. Out of this amount, the sum of $7,868 is a re-vote, as it is included in the Estimates under Surveyor General's Establishment, and since transferred to the Water and Drainage Department.

Establishment of W. & D. Department,

Transferred from Surveyor General's Department,..

Government House, Hongkong, 26th June, 1890.

F. FLEMING.

(3.)

$26,664.49

7,868.00

$18,796.49

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Nine hundred and Fifty Dollars, ($950), being amount expended for the Kowloon well.

Government House, Hongkong, 26th June, 1890.

F. FLEMING.

(4.)

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to re-vote the sum of Forty-four thousand One hundred and Seventeen Dollars, and Sixty-seven cents, ($44,117.67), being the unexpended balance of the vote for New Water Mains in 1889.

Government House, Hongkong, 26th June, 1890.

F. FLEMING.

(5.)

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of One thousand Nine hundred and Seventy-six Dollars, and Forty-three cents, ($1,976.43), being amount due on some outstanding accounts in connection with the construction of Victoria College.

Government House, Hongkong, 24th June, 1890.

The Acting Colonial Secretary moved that these Minutes be referred to the Finance Committee. The Acting Colonial Treasurer seconded.

His Excellency addressed the Council.

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 23rd June, (No. 13), and moved that the following Votes referred to therein be passed, viz.:-

C.S.O.

1366 and 173 of 1890.

C.S.0.

1165 of 1830.

Construction of a telegraph line between the Observatory at Kowloon and the Office of the

Telegraph Company at Hongkong

Also a separate line from Victoria Peak to Central Police Station to trans- mit meteorological telegrams, ....

.$5,844.12

Rent of 1st floor of a Chinese house occupied by Scavengers of the Central Market, $ 82.66

The Acting Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

BILL ENTITLED " AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CATTLE DISEASES, SLAUGHTER-HOUSES, AND MARKETS ORDINANCE OF 1887.”—The Attorney General moved the first reading of the Bill.

The Acting Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

BILL ENTITLED "THE MAGISTRATES' Ordinance, 1890.”—The Attorney General moved the third reading of the Bill.

The Acting Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time.

Question put--that this Bill do pass. Bill passed.