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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD FEBRUARY, 1878.
separate system, as I pointed out the other day, one of my colleagues admitted that he was wrong when, on his arrival in Ceylon, he said he thought the separate system was not necessary; before leaving that Colony he said nothing had been so deterrent to crime as the establishment of the separate system, not only there but in India. There can be no doubt about its efficacy, and on that I am glad to see Mr. KESWICK entertains an opinion as strong as mine, which he fortifies with arguments which no one can deny. Under these circumstances, you are only asked to vote the small sum of $10,000, which we cannot spend until the plans have been approved by the Secretary of State, and so far as it goes it is a perfectly safe expenditure. It will not pledge us to the total expenditure of $95,000, though of course if it should happen that my transportation scheme falls through, that it cannot be carried out, then, of course, we must make up our minds to deal with a Gaol in which we might have five hundred separate cells. Of that there can be no doubt. However, as I said, I entertain some hope that Her Majesty's Government will take the same view that I do of the scheme, and that we shall be able to carry it into effect.
Honourable W. KESWICK:-After the explanation of Your Excellency and the full information you have given, I have nothing to urge further in opposition to our proceeding into Committee.
The Bill is read a second time.
THE VOTES.
The Council goes into Committee, and the different votes are agreed to, with the following alterations only:-
The vote for the Postmaster General's Department is increased by $192, making the whole vote $31,200.
On the vote for the Judicial Establishment, the Governor moves that the sum of $600 for a Clerk to the Crown Solicitor be retained. Agreed to.
On the Gaol Vote, $650 are added to pay for an assistant Caretaker in the Infirmary and for the cost of the dry-earth system.
In the vote for Works and Buildings, a clerical error is corrected.
All the votes having been approved, the Governor moves that the Bill be passed.
Mr. Lowcock calls attention to an article in the "Catholic Register "about Wellington Street, and after some remarks by the Acting Colonial Secretary, the Governor, and the Chief Justice, the matter drops.
The Bill is then passed, bearing the Title of—“An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to apply a sum not exceeding Seven hundred and Eighty-three thousand Dollars to the Public Service of the Year 1878,"-being "No. 3 of 1877."
His Excellency adjourns the Council at 4.45 P.M. sine die.
J. POPE HENNESSY,
Read and confirmed, this 19th day of February, 1878.
H. E. WODEHOUSE,
Clerk of Councils.
Governor.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following List of Jurors for the Year commencing on the 1st March, 1878, as revised and amended by the Legislative Council, is published for general information.
By Command,
Council Chamber, Hongkong, 19th February, 1878.
H. E. WODEHOUSE, Clerk of Councils.
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