LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL No. 22.
WEDNESDAY, 31ST MARCH, 1886.
PRESENT:
HIS EXCELLENCY WILLIAM HENRY MARSH, C.M.G.,
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Administering the Government in the absence of His Excellency 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 Acting Attorney General, (EDWARD JAMES ACKROYD.)
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the Colonial Treasurer, (ALFRED LISTER.)
the Surveyor General, (JOHN MACNEILE PRICE.)
PHINEAS RYRIE.
WILLIAM KESWICK.
THOMAS JACKSON.
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WONG SHING.
ABSENT:
The Honourable the Attorney General, (EDWARD LOUGHLIN O'MALLEY,) on leave.
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FREDERICK DAVID SASSOON (on leave).
The Council met pursuant to adjournment.
The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 24th instant, were read and confirmed. VOTE OF MONEY REFERRED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.-Read the following Minute by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government:-
C.S.0. 678 of 1888,
W. H. MARSH,
The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote the sum of $1,386 for general repairs to Mountain Lodge at Victoria Peak.
This building, which for eight months in the year is submerged in fog, was, as far back as 1884, reported as shewing traces of decay from wet-rot, and again in 1885 the floors were reported as having still further decayed. Nothing has however been done in the shape of reconstruction during the last 2 years.
The Surveyor General reports that it is not prudent to defer any longer the work of restoration, the structure having now become positively unsafe.
Government House, Hongkong, 30th March, 1886.
The Acting Colonial Secretary moved that this Minute be referred to the Finance Committee. The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and passed.
VOTES PASSED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.-The Acting Colonial Secretary moved the following Votes passed by the Finance Committee :-
PAYMENTS IN EXCESS OF THE ESTIMATES FOR 1886.
(Finance Committee, 22nd March, 1886.)
SERVICES EXCLUSIVE OF ESTABLISHMENTS. Sanitary.
168 of 1888. Special periódical cleansing of the City of Victoria, during the year,.
(Finance Committee, 24th March, 1886.)
C.5.0.
€66 of 1886.
C.S.0.
ESTABLISHMENTS. Gaol.
Allowance :-To provide a Chinese Teacher to give instruction in Chinese colloquial
to Officers of the Gaol.
...$ 450.00
From 1st April to 31st December, 1886, 9 months, at $10 per month.......$
SERVICES EXCLUSIVE OF ESTABLISHMENTS. Sanitary.
649 of 1886. Expenses incurred in suppressing the recent Cattle Epidemic,
90.00
...$ 950.00
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and passed.
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