230 THE HONGKONG GOVT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, 23RD APRIL, 1877.
No. 104.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor has been pleased to appoint ARTHUR KENNEDY TRAVERS, Esquire, to act as Private Secretary provisionally and until further notice.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd April, 1877.
No. 105.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
It is hereby notified, that the Honourable C. B. PLUNKET, appointed to be Registrar of the Supreme Court, having reported his arrival in the Colony, has assumed the duties of that Office.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd April, 1877.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.
VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF HONGKONG.
No. 2 of 1877.
FRIDAY, 2ND MARCH, 1877.
PRESENT:
His Excellency the Administrator (JOHN GARDINER AUSTIN, C.M.G.).
The Honourable the Chief Justice (SIR JOHN SMALE).
The Honourable the Acting Colonial Secretary (HENRY ERNEST Wodehouse),
The Honourable the Attorney General (GEORGE PHILLIPPO).
The Honourable the Acting Colonial Treasurer (CHARLES MAY).
The Honourable PHINEAS RYRIE.
The Honourable HENRY LOWCOCK.
The Honourable WILLIAM KESWICK.
The Honourable JOHN MACNEILE PRICE.
The Council meets this day at 2.30 P.M., by Special Summons.
Before commencing proceedings, His Honour the Chief Justice administers the Oath to the IIonourable
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, C.M.G., upon his assumption of the Government.
His Excellency the Administrator then administers the Official Oath to the Honourable the Acting
Colonial Secretary, H. E. WODEHOUSE.
The Minutes of the last Meeting of Council held on 26th February, 1877, are read and confirmed. His Honour the Chief Justice begs permission to inform Honourable Members of Council, that the Deputation which it had at the last Meeting of Council been arranged should wait upon Sir ARTHUR KENNEDY, for the purpose of presenting him with a Copy of the Resolution which had been passed, had waited on His Excellency accordingly on the afternoon of the 27th February, and that Sir ARTHUR KENNEDY in accepting a Copy of the Resolution, had expressed himself highly gratified at the honour which had been paid him.
His Excellency the Administrator then moves for a vote of $200,000 to be taken from the Special Fund, for the purpose of reconstructing the Praya Wall, and explains that this course has been sanctioned by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the money being regarded as a loan to be paid back by a sinking fund of 4 per cent per annum chargeable upon the general Revenue of the Colony.
This vote having been already approved by Honourable Members, by whom it had been previously considered, is passed pro forma, and, at the instance of Ilis Excellency the Adminis- trator, it is resolved that a sum of $50,000 be appropriated forthwith from the Special Fund for the reconstruction in question.
The Acting Colonial Secretary informs Honourable Members, that at a Meeting of the Finance
Committee held on the 8th January, 1877, the following votes were taken:—
PAYMENTS AUTHORISED IN EXCESS OF THE ESTIMATES OF 1876, REQUIRING LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY. Registrar General's Establishment.
Increase of Salary to 1st Clerk, to act as Deputy Registrar of Marriages, £50 per annum, and Personal Allowance, £50 per annum, from 1st March, 1876,
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