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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL No. 10.

WEDNESDAY, 23RD APRIL, 1884.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR

(SIR GEORGE FERGUSON BOWEN, G.C.M.G.)

His Honour the Chief Justice, (SIR GEORGE PHILLIPPO, Knt.)

The Honourable the Acting Colonial Secretary, (FREDERICK STEWART, LL.D.)

the Attorney General, (EDWARD LOUGHLIN O'MALLEY.)

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the Surveyor General, (JOHN MACNEILE PRICE.)

the Colonial Treasurer, (ALFRED LISTER.)

HENRY GEORGE THOMSETT, R.N.

PHINEAS RYRIE.

WILLIAM Keswick.

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THOMAS JACKSON.

FREDERICK DAvid Sassoon.

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WONG SHING.

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ABSENT:

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (WILLIAM HENRY MARSH, C.M.G.), on leave.

The Council met in pursuance of adjournment.

NEW MEMBER.-The Honourable HENRY GEORGE THOMSETT, having taken and subscribed before His Excellency the Governor, the usual oath of allegiance, took his place at the Council Table.

Minutes read and confirmed.

VOTES OF MONEY REFERRED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.-Read the following Minute by His Excellency the Governor :---

The Governor recommends the Council to vote the following sums :-

C.S.O. 910 of 1884.

(1.) A sum not exceeding $1,200 for the purchase in England, and erection in situ,

of 12 force-pumps, to be placed over public drinking wells.

912 of 1884. (2.) A vote of $7,225 for the Crown resumption of the remaining portion of Inland Lot 418, at Lápsápwán, in order that the ground which it occupies may be parcelled out into new Marine Lots.

C.S.0. 90% of 1884.

(3.) A vote of $1,155 for the salary of Mr. MITCHELL-INNES, a Passed Cadet, from

10th April to 30th November, 1884, at $1,800 per annum.

The Acting Colonial Secretary moved that these papers be referred to the Finance Committee. The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and passed.

VOTES PASSED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.-The Acting Colonial Secretary moved the following Votes passed by the Finance Committee:-

(Finance Committee, 10th April, 1884.)

SERVICES EXCLUSIVE OF ESTABLISHMENTS.

Works and Buildings.

C.5.0. New Water Police Station,-revote, .

593 of 1884.

Roads, Streets and Bridges.

.$10,933.35

.$ 2,500.00

C.S.O.

CS Repairs to the road to Cape d'Aguilar Lighthouse,

520 of 1884.

Land and Houses Purchased.

fff88. For resumption by the Crown of a strip of land near Causeway Bay, $2,000.00

461 of

Seconded by the Colonial Treasurer.

Question-put and passed.