976
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14т NOVEMBER, 1885.
Works and Buildings.
C.S.O.
1691 of 1885.
Mis. Dac
692 of 1885.
(3.) For converting a portion of the east wing of the old Gaol at Stone Cutters'
Island into a temporary Magazine for Gunpowder,
..$ 1,300.
(4.) For fitting up the Hunghòm Police Station with guard-beds, shelves, pegs,
baths, &c.,
.$ 245.00
C.S.O.
2030 of 1885.
(5.) For converting house No. 47, Wyndham Street, into a Gaol for female
prisoners,
...$ - - 500.00
C.S.O.
2582 of 1885.
(5.) For re-building the retaining wall below the Civil Hospital, damaged by the
recent fire,
.$ 8,000.00
C.S.0.
-2500 of 1885.
..$
504.00
C.S.O.
2012 of 1885.
C.5.0.
2525 of 1885.
C.S.O. 1255 of 1885,
C.S.0.
1665 of 1885.
C.5.0.
1795 of 1885.
C.5.0.
2400 of 1885.
(6.) For alterations in the Post Office building, to provide rooms for the Parcel
Post service,
Roads, Streets and Bridges.
(8.) For compensation to the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, for removal of their pier in 1878, when constructing the Praya-wall. (Re-vote,-sce Legislative Council, 20th July, 1883),
Miscellaneous Services.
(9.) For contribution towards the expenses connected with the Indian and
Colonial Exhibition,
Colonial Defences.
.$ 800.00
...£500 @ 3/5=$ 2,926.82
(10.) For cost of 7,680 rounds of Ammunition for the Nordenfeldt Gun on board
the Charles May, .....
.................... £378.16.113 @ 3/8—$ 2,066.14
(11.) For fitting Nordenfeldt Guns into the boats of the Hongkong Auxiliary
...£165.5.0 @ 3/6=$ 941.48
Flotilla Corps,
(12.) For making 3 Trollies for the conveyance of Nordenfeldt Guns from Steam-
launches to store,
.$ 120.00
(13.) For fitting machine gun to Police Steam-launch, No. 2, £72.0.6 @ 3/5§—$415.28
C.S.O.
2400 of 1885.
(14.) For flags supplied by the Naval Yard, for the Auxiliary Flotilla, £8.0.6
@ 3/5-$
46.27
EXTRAORDINARY WORKS.
C.9.0. 1874 of 1885.
(15.) For repairs to damages caused by the Rainstorms of the "8th and 12th
June, 1885, .
.$ 9,695.35
C.S.0.
2369 of 1985.
(16.) For building of a retaining wall to prevent landslip at the rear of Inland
Lot 696, East of the Government Civil Hospital,
.$
945.00
C.5.0.
1725 of 1885.
(17.) For resumption by the Crown of Marine Lots 192, 230, and Sections A and
B of Lot 193, in connection with the proposed New Central Market, ...$37,000,00
Seconded by the Colonial Treasurer.
Question-put and passed.
Report of the FINANCE COMMITTEE ON THE BILL ENTITLED THE LOAN Ordinance, 1885.-Th Acting Colonial Secretary read the following report of the Finance Committee on this Bill:
The Committee reports-
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That, considering the present unsettled value of silver, and more especially the steady depreciation of it which has taken place during the last twenty-five years, it is highly dang ous and inexpedient for this silver-using Colony to contract any debt re-payable in gold. is connection with which, judging from the experience of the past, a heavy loss in exchange almost sure to be sustained.
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