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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21st JUNE, 1884.

VOTE PASSED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.--The Acting Colonial Secretary moved the following Vote passed by the Finance Committee :—

(Finance Committee, 5th June, 1884.)

SERVICES EXCLUSIVE OF ESTABLISHMENTS.

Conveyance of Mails:-

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Postmaster General.

Contribution to lessen the loss sustained by the Imperial Treasury on the Eastern Mail Service from the 1st of February, 1883 to the 31st December, 1884, at the rate of £6,000 per annum,

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and passed.

The Governor addressed the Council.

..$63,000.00

BILLS READ A FIRST TIME.-On the motion of the Acting Colonial Secretary, seconded by the Acting Colonial Treasurer, the following Bills were read a first time:

An Ordinance to authorise the Appropriation of a Supplementary Sum of Two hundred and Thirty-five thousand Three hundred and Forty-five Dollars and Twenty-six Cents to defray the Charges of the Year 1883.

An Ordinance to apply a sum not exceeding One million and Six thousand, Eight hundred and

Eighty-one Dollars to the Public Service of the Year 1885.

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The Acting Colonial Secretary moved that these Bills be referred to the Finance Committee.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and passed.

On the motion of the Acting Colonial Secretary, the Council adjourned until Thursday, the 19th instant, at 4 P.M.

Read and confirmed, this 19th day of June, 1884.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Acting Clerk of Councils.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 225.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr. NG A-YUK to be an Interpreter in the Sanitary Department, with effect from the 1st March last.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 19th June, 1884.

FREDERICK STEWART,

Acting Colonial Secretary.