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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

No. 4.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 25TH JANUARY, 1862.

VOL. VIII.

VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF HONGKONG.

No. 6 of 1861.

TUESDAY, 24TH DECEMBER, 1861.

PRESENT:

His Excellency the GOVERNOR and all the Members, except the CHIEF JUSTICE and the ATTORNEY GENERAL, absent on Judicial business.

The Council met to-day by special Summons.

The Minutes of the Council held on the 29th June last, were read and approved.

Read a first time a Bill, entitled "An Ordinance to authorize the appropriation of a Supplementary Sum not exceeding Twelve thousand and Fourteen Pounds to defray the charges of the Year "1861";-

And the Standing Orders being suspended, the said Bill was read a second time,-

And the Council went into Committee upon the Supplementary Estimates for 1861. The following Votes were then agreed to:----

ESTABLISHMENTS:-

Treasurer,.

Auditor,

Surveyor General,

d.

35 0 0 200 0 0 132 11

10 0

Registrar General,

93 15

4

Harbour Master,

18 15

Medical, Civil Hospital,

1,137 16

Police,

170 0

Gaols,.

REVENUE SERVICES, (ExcLUSIVE OF ESTABLISHMENTS),

558 0

ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE,

Do.,

67 0

HOSPITALS,

Do.,

POLICE,

Do.,

GAOLS.

Do.,

TRANSPORT,

WORKS AND BUILDINGS,

ROADS, STREETS AND BRIDGES,

MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES,

LAND AND HOUSES PURCHASED,

4,270 16

205 0 760

1,177 0

254 0

0

557 0 0

2,006 0 0

90 6

8

270 0 0

SPECIAL EXPENSES,

TOTAL,.

.£12,013 í

The Appropriation Bill being in accordance with the foregoing Votes, the Governor put the Question,--

That this Bill do pass, and that the Title be-"An Ordinance to authorize the appropriation of Supplementary Sum not exceeding Twelve thousand and Fourteen Pounds to defray the charges of the Year 1861.”

Question put and carried,--the Ordinance being numbered "No. 5 of 1861."

Read Despatch, No. 104 of 24th October, 1861, from the Secretary of State, announcing the grant of a retiring Pension to Mr. William Chapraan, late Postmaster General of Hongkong, at the rate of £146.13.4 per annum.

Read Despatch, No. 92 of 2nd October, 1861, from the Secretary of State, respecting the abolition of Contract Passages at a reduced rate for Colonial Officers on the Steamers of the Peninsular and