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VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF HONGKONG.

No. 10 OF 1863.

WEDNESDAY, 8TH JULY, 1863.

PRESENT:

His Excellency the ACTING GOVERNOR and all the Members, except the ATTORNEY GENERAL and the COLONIAL TREASURER, absent by permission.

The Council met to-day, pursuant to adjournment.

The Minutes of the Council held on the 25th June having been read and approved, The Council resolved itself into Committee for the further consideration of the Public Carriages Bill as amended at the last Meeting.

Section 4 amended, and agreed to.

Section 7 amended, and agreed to.

Section 9 amended, and agreed to.

Section 11 amended, and agreed to.

Section 13 amended, and agreed to.

Section 15 struck out.

Section 1 recommitted, amended, and agreed to.

Sections 16 and 17, renumbered and ordered to stand as Sections 15 and 16. Preamble amended and agreed to.

Title amended and agreed to.

The Council having adopted the amendments made in Committee, the ACTING GOVERNOR put the Question – That this Bill as amended do pass, and that the Title be – "An Ordinance to provide for the regulation of Public Vehicles and Chairs and their Drivers and Bearers, and to license the Hire of Horses, within the Colony of Hongkong."

Question put and carried, the Ordinance being numbered "No. 6 of 1863." The Appropriation Bill for 1864 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, ....................................................................................... $ 240 Colonial Secretary, ................................................................................ 6,288 Colonial Treasurer, ................................................................................ 4,616 Auditor General,. ................................................................................... 6,722 Clerk of Councils, ................................................................................. 72 Surveyor General, .................................................................................. 8,762

Postmaster General, ............................................................................... 15,768 Registrar General, .................................................................................. 1,290 Harbour Master and Emigration Officer, .............................................. 7,792 Carried forward, ............. $ 51,550

Brought forward, ............. $ 51,550

Judicial Establishment, .......................................................................... 6,310 Ecclesiastical Establishment, ................................................................ 702 Educational Establishment,. .................................................................. 9,334 Medical Establishment, ......................................................................... 13,792 Police Magistrates, ................................................................................ 4,282 Police, .................................................................................................... 126,879 Gaols, ..................................................................................................... 39,698 Charitable Allowances, .......................................................................... 480 Transport, .............................................................................................. 1,500 Works and Buildings, ............................................................................ 107,140 Roads, Streets and Bridges, ................................................................... 102,950 Miscellaneous Services, ........................................................................ 250 Land and Houses purchased, ................................................................. 10,000 Special Expenses, &c., .......................................................................... 1,500 TOTAL, ............................ $ 476,367

The Appropriation Bill being amended and reported to be in accordance with the foregoing Votes, the ACTING GOVERNOR put the Question, - That this Bill as amended do pass, and that the Title be – "An Ordinance to apply a Sum not exceeding Four hundred and Seventy-seven thousand Dollars to the Public Service of the Year 1864."

Question put and carried, the Ordinance being numbered "No.7 of 1863." The Council adjourned sine die.

W. T. MERCER,

Acting Governor.

Read and approved, this 28th Day of October, 1863.

L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO,

Clerk of Councils.