THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH JUNE, 1871.
VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF HONGKONG.
- No. 6 of 1871.
MONDAY, 29TH MAY, 1871.
PRESENT:
His Excellency Major-General WHITFEILD, Lieutenant-Governor.
The Honorable the Chief Justice, (JOHN SMALE.)
The Honorable the Colonial Secretary, (JOHN GARDINER AUSTIN.) The Honorable the Attorney General, (JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE.)
The Honorable the Acting Colonial Treasurer, (CECIL C. SMITH.) The Honorable HENRY JOHN BALL.
The Honorable PHINEAS RYRIE. The Honorable WILLIAM KESWICK.
The Honorable RICHARD ROWETT.
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The Council meets this day at 2 P.M., by Special Summons,no Meeting having taken place on the
5th of May, to which day the Council was adjourned.
The Minutes of the Council held on the 3rd of May, are read, amended and confirmed.
The Honorable the Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency, submits to the Council certain
Items of Expenditure requiring sanction.
The necessary explanations having been given, the following Sums are voted; namely:- (1.) TO CHUN-TYE-KWONG, the Chinese Clerk and Shroff of the Summary Jurisdiction Court, an increase of $25 per month to his present Salary, in consideration of his performing the duties of Translator of Chinese documents for the Suminary Jurisdiction Court, and also for the Supreme Court, when called upon by the Chief Justice.
(2.) To Mr. JOHN LAPRAIK the sum of $700.50 as a refund of Probate Duty, already once paid,
on the Estate of Mr. Douglas Lapraik.
(3.) To the Surveyor General's Department the sum of $2,113 for the payment of a Salary at the rate of $5 per diem, and a Chair allowance of $24 per mensem, to Lieutenant MCHIARDY, R.E., the Acting Assistant Surveyor General.
(4.) To the Storekeeper in the Surveyor Genenal's Office the sum of $100, being an increased
allowance of $20 a month, from the 1st April, to the 31st August, 1871.
(5.) TO TAI-SING-Tsow, and ANGELICA APAK, the sum of $1,100 for the purchase of their Lots,
Nos. 55 and 56, at Showkewan, on which a New Police Station is to be erected.
(6.) To the Harbor Master's Department a sum of $60 for Rent of a House for the Inspector
at Aberdeen.
(7.) To the Contractor for erecting the Sea Wall at Bonham Strand, the sum of $2,000, the
Balance still due to him.
(8). To Gaol Department the sum of $1,169 for the increase of the Salaries of the Gaol Staff,
from 1st May, to 30th November, 1871, as follows:----
12. European Turnkeys at $5 each per month,
2 Turnkeys at Stone Cutters' Island
1 Sergeant of the Chain Gang at $7
10 Guards
10 Do.
do. do.
..$60
do.,
10
do.
do.
per month, 6 each 3
7
do. do.
60
30
Total per month,..............$167
(9.) To the Colonial Secretary's Department the sum of $280 for the payment of $40 per month, (commencing from 1st May, 1871), as additional Salary to Mr. LISTER, Government Interpreter, according to the Regulations of the Secretary of State.
(10.) To the Contractor for repairing and repaving the Eastern and Western Avenues of the
Central Market, a sum of $2,600.
(11.) To the Health Officer and Inspector of Emigrants the sum of $280 for Boat allowance at
the rate of $40 per month, from 1st May, 1871.
(12.) To the Contractor for repairing the Supreme Court, the sum of $6,000 for Balance of
account.
(13.) To the Judicial Department an additional sum of $200 for the purchase of Law Books. The Honorable the Colonial Secretary states that, pursuant to Instructions from The Secretary of
State, a Pension at the rate of £210.8.4 per annum had been granted to WILLIAM H. RENNIE, Esquire, late Auditor General of Hongkong.
Also, that under similar Instructions, a Pension at the rate of £383.6.8 per annum had been granted to FREDERICK H. A. FORTH, Esquire, late Colonial Treasurer.
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