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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

No. 52.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 20TH DECEMBER, 1862.

Voc. VIII.

VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF HONGKONG.

No. 8 of 1862.

THURSDAY, 3RD JULY, 1862.

PRESENT:

His Excellency The GOVERNOR and all the Members, except Mr. PERCEVAL, absent at Shanghai.

The Council met to-day, pursuant to adjournment.

The Minutes of the Council held on the 21st June, were read and approved.

The Bill, entitled "An Ordinance to apply a Sum not exceeding Four hundred and fifty-five thousand four hundred Dollars to the Public Service of the Year 1863," was read a second time;

And the Council went into Committee upon the Estimates for the said Year.

The following Votes were then agreed to:-

CIVIL ESTABLISHMENTS :----

The Governor,

Colonial Secretary, Colonial Treasurer,

Auditor General,-

Clerk of Councils,

Surveyor General,

Postmaster General,

Registrar General,

Harbour Master and Emigration Officer, Police and Lighting Rate Collector,

JUDICIAL ESTABLISHMENT,

ECCLESIASTICAL ESTABLISHMENT,

EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT,

MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENT,

POLICE MAGISTRATES,

POLICE,

GAOLS,

CHARITABLE ALLOWANCES,

TRANSPORT,

WORKS AND BUILDINGS,

MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES,

ROADS, STREETS, AND BRIDGES,

LAND AND HOUSES PURCHASED,

SPECIAL EXPENSES, &c.,

240.00

5,820.00

1,800.00

7,120.00

72.09

8,660.00

13,080.00

2,286.00

7,296.00

3,420.00

6,190.00

702.00

7,448.00 11,726.00

4,182.00 126,173.00 28,482.00 480.00

1,500.00 135,500.00 68,500.00 250.00

10,000.00

4,440.00

TOTAL,.

.$455,370.00

The appropriation Bill being in accordance with the above Votes, the Governor put the Question,-

That this Bill do pass, and that the Title be "An Ordinance to apply a Sum not exceeding Four hundred and fifty-five thousand four hundred Dollars to the Public Service of the Year 1863."

Question put and carried, the Ordinance being numbered “No. 11 of 1862.”

The Bill "to alter the form in which Sentence of Death is passed" was read a second time; And the Council went into Committee upon the said Bill.

Section 1 agreed to.

Preamble struck out.

Title amended and agreed to.

The Bill having gone through Committee, the Governor put the Question,-That this Bill do pass, and

that the Title be "An Ordinance to amend the form in which Sentence of Drain is pussut."

Question put and carried, the Ordinance being numbered "No. 12 of 1862."

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