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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12TH NOVEMBER, 1879. 677

His Excellency briefly reviews the financial position of the Colony at the close of 1878 shewing a surplus of revenue over expenditure and he points to the increase of tonnage in foreign bottoms as shown by the increase in the Revenue from Light Dues as indicating a prosperous condition of trade.

The following votes which had already been approved by the Finance Committee are submitted to the Council and approved :-

PAYMENTS AUTHORIZED IN EXCESS OF THE ESTIMATES OF 1878, REQUIRING LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY.

Miscellaneous Services.

Amount granted to the Scavenging Contractor for losses sustained on the

occasion of the storm of the 8th October, 1878, .

$ 120.00

PAYMENTS AUTHORIZED IN EXCESS OF THE ESTIMATES OF 1879, REQUIRING LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY.

Miscellaneous Services.

Gratuity to the Widow of the late Mr. WILLIAM T. GAIR, formerly 3rd Master

in the Central School,

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Deposits not available.

$720.00

Allowance of $25 per month to St. Joseph's Asylum for Fallen Women, from 1st June,

1878.

Governor's Establishment.

Arrears of Salary of Guardian of Government House Property, 1st March to

31st December, 1878, at $20 per month,

Supreme Court Establishment.

Increase to the Salary of a Messenger, at $1 per month,..

Allowance for Chinese Teacher to Puisne Judge's Clerk, at $10 per month....

.$ 200.00

$

12.00 120.00

$ 132.00

Education exclusive of Establishment.

Grants-in-aid-Supplementary Vote,

$ 650.00

Colonial Defence.

Uniform for the Hongkong Volunteers,

$ 214.90

Miscellaneous Services.

Expenses incurred (by the Surveyor General) on account of the Great Fire of

the 25th and 26th December, 1878, Grant to the Humane Society to meet special outlay in Rockets and Signal

Lights,

.$2,505.66

300.00

For Services rendered as Shorthand Writer to the Commission on Police and

Crime,

180.00

Gratuity to the Family of deceased Constable CHAN A-NAM, who had been granted a Pension and had died soon after the Pension had been granted, Grant towards the Erection of a School House at Wanchai,

30.00 350.00

$ 3,365.66