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(5.)

C.S.U. 1133 of 1989. $280.

68.0.

:678 of 1888.

G. WILLIAM DES VEUX.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote the sum of Two hundred and Eighty Dollars for the salary of an Overseer at the Peak, to prevent Contractors from removing stones, cutting earth, or turf on Crown land without permits, and ensuring that all regulations and conditions on the permits are strictly observed. 7 months at $40 per month. ...$ 280.00

Government House, Hongkong, 2nd August, 1888.

G. WILLIAM DES VEUX.

(6.)

The Governor recommends the Council to vote the sum of One thousand Dollars as an $1,000 additional vote to the Contingent expenditure of the Sanitary Department.

The vote on the Estimates has proved insufficient owing to the purchase of an unusually large quantity of disinfectants and to other expenses incurred in connection with the epidemic of small-pox in the early portion of the year, and the more recent prevalence of cholera.

Government House, Hongkong, 14th August, 1888.

After explanation by the Colonial Secretary, of the various items. the Committee recom- mend that the amounts be voted.

The Committee then adjourn sine die.

FREDERICK STEWART,

Chairman.

Laid before the Legislative Council on the 17th October, 1888.

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Read and confirmed on the 17th October, 1888.

ARATHOON SETH,

Clerk of Councils,