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(3.)
C.5.0.
2591 of 1886.
C.S.O. $878 of 1886.
Mis. Doc.
1234 of 1886.
W. H. MARSH.
The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote the sum of $150 as a honorarium to Mr. BRUCE SHEPHERD, for services rendered to the Commission under the Chefoo Convention.
This honorarium is recommended by His Honor Mr. Justice RUSSELL, one of the Com- missioners under the Chefoo Convention. Mr. BRUCE SHEPHERD having taken short hand notes of the proceedings, and performed a great deal of work of a very confidential nature, which could only be entrusted to a responsible person.
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Government House, Hongkong, 12th November, 1886.
W. H. MARSH.
(4.)
The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote the sum of $11,500, the estimated cost of constructing a strong granite retaining-wall along the northern face of the cliff upon which the Government Hospital buildings are built.
The last rain-storm having caused a serious landslip along the cliff, which is now nearly perpendicular, it is requisite to put the Hospital as well as the buildings and the road below beyond the risk of serious accident that might be entailed by another landslip.
Government House, Hongkong, 12th November, 1886.
W. H. MARSH.
(5.)
The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to yote the sum of $150 for the employment of a temporary Copying Clerk, to copy both Chinese and English, for four months, in connection with the valuation at present in progress.
Government House, Hongkong, 12th November, 1886.
The Acting Colonial Secretary moved that these Minutes be referred to the Finance Committee. The Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and passed.
APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES.-The Acting Colonial Secretary moved the appointment of the following Committees :-
1. Finance, to consist of the whole of the Members of the Legislative Council, except the
Governor, with the Colonial Secretary as Chairman.
2. Law, to consist of the Honourable the Attorney General (Chairman), The Honourable H. G. THOMSETT, R.N., the Honourable P. RYRIE, the Honourable A. P. MacEwen, and the Honourable WONG SHING.
3. Public Works, to consist of the Honourable the Surveyor General, the Honourable the Colonial Secretary, the Honourable the Colonial Treasurer, the Honourable F. D. SASSOON, and the Honourable J. BELL-IRVING.
The Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and passed.
QUESTION.-Mr. MACEWEN, pursuant to notice, asked:-
Has any
word been received as to whether Sir GEORGE BOWEN will return to his Post as Governor of the Colony at the expiration of his leave on the 16th December next?
If the answer is in the negative, will His Excellency the Administrator wire to the Colonial Office to know whether Sir GEORGE BOWEN is coming out, and, if not, what steps are being taken to fill the Post?
The Officer Administering the Government replied.
BILLS READ A FIRST TIME.--On the motion of the Acting Attorney General, seconded by the Acting Colonial Secretary, the following Bills were read a first time:-
(a.) A Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend the Law relating to Wills.
(b.) A Bill entitled-An Ordinance relating to Bills of Lading.
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