Sessional_Paper_1890 — Page 104

No. 5.

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

FINANCE COMMITTEE,

AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG,

On the 19th March, 1890.

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PRESENT:

The Honourable the Acting Colonial Secretary, (WALTER MEREDITH DEANE), Chairman.

the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).

C.S.O. 519 of 1880.

C.0. Desp. 744 of 1888,

and

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the Colonial Treasurer, (ALFRED LISTER.)

the Surveyor General, (SAMUEL Brown).

the Acting Registrar General, (NORMAN GILBERT MITCHELL-INNES, vice the

Honourable Walter MEREDITH DEANE).

PHINEAS RYRIE.

ALEXANDER PALMER MACEWEN.

CATCHICK PAUL CHATER,

JAMES JOHNSTONE KESWICK, (vice the Honourable JOHN BELL-IRVING).

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Ho KAI, M.B., C.M.

The Committee meet at the request of the Acting Colonial Secretary.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 12th instant, having been taken as read, are confirmed.

(1.) Read the following Minute by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Govern-

ment:-

F. FLEMING.

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote the sum of Eight thousand and Five hundred Dollars to complete the sum of $58,500, the cost of building an Epidemic Hospital Hulk.

Amount of Contract. ...

Voted as Extraordinary Expenditure for 1890,

To be voted..

Government House, Hongkong, 13th March, 1890.

.$58,500 50,000

$ 8,500

After explanation by the Acting Colonial Secretary, the Committee recommend that the amount be voted.

(2.) Read the following Minute by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Govern-

ment:-

F. FLEMING.

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote the sum of 226 of 1889. Seven hundred and Twenty Dollars being additional Salary to the Assistant Harbour Master, from $1,920 to $2,640, who will not draw any pay as Collector of Light Dues, while any fees for examination of Masters and Mates in the Mercantile Marine, will be paid into the Treasury.

Government House, Hongkong, 19th March, 1890.

Mis. Serv

C.5.0.

After deliberation, the Committee recommend that the amount be voted.

(3.) Read the following Minute by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Govern-

ment:

F. FLEMING.

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote the sum of 452 of 1890. Fifty Pounds Sterling as remuneration to Colonel BEAUMONT for his report on the proposed

removal of the Bokhara rocks,

£50.

also

$100. One hundred dollars for the cost of his stay in Hongkong.

Government House, Hongkong, 26th February, 1890.

After deliberation the Committee recommend that the amount be voted.