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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

No. 27.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 6TH JULY, 1861.

VOL. VII.

VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF HONGKONG.

No. 4 OF 1861.

TUESDAY, 25TH JUNE, 1861.

PRESENT:

His Excellency THE GOVERNOR. THE COLONIAL SECRETARY.

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.

THE COLONIAL TREASURER.

THE SURVEYOR GENERAL, ALEXANDER PERCEVAL, Esquire.

The Chief Justice was unable to attend on account of indisposition.

The Council met to-day, pursuant to adjournment.

The Minutes of the Meeting of the 14th Instant were read and approved.

The Bill, entitled “An Ordinance to apply a Sum not exceeding Sixty-eight thousand one hundred

Pounds to the Public Service of the Year 1862,” 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,

Postniacter General,

Registrar General,

Harbour Master and Emigration Officer,

Police and Lighting Rate Collector,

JUDICIAL ESTABLISHMENT,

8. ៧.

50 0 0

337 10 0

383 0 0 1,330 0 0

15 0 1,640 15 0 1,872 10 0 739 10 0 1,280 0 0 712 10 0 765

0 0

145 17 0

ECCLESIASTICAL ESTABLISHMENT,

EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT,

MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENT,

CHIEF MAGISTRATE,

POLICE,.

GAOLS,

PENSIONS, RETIRED ALLOWANCES, AND GRATUITIES,

CHARITABLE ALLOWANCES,

WORKS AND BUILDINGS,

ROADS, STREETS, AND BRIDGES,

MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES,..

SPECIAL EXPENSES, &c.,

TOTAL,

1,520 0

2,740 0 0

1,096 0 0

15,886 0 0

4,035 0 0

2,500 0 0

100 0

13,500 0 0 16,500 0 0

60 0 0

300 0 0

£68,098 12 0

The Appropriation Bill being in accordance with the abovë Votes, the Governor put the Question,--That "this Bill do pass, and that the Title be “An Ordinance to apply a Sum not exceeding Sixty-eight thousand one hundred Pounds to the Public Service of the Year 1862.”

Question put and carried, the Ordinance being numbered "No. 2 of 1861."

The Bill, entitled "An Ordinance to amend the Course of Procedure in the Supreine Court in its Equity Jurisdiction, so as to enable it to award Damages in certain Casos,” was read a second time;

And the Council went into Committee upon the said Bill.