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No. 14.

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

FINANCE COMMITTEE,

AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG,

On the 30th June, 1890.

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PRESENT:

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

the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).

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the Acting Colonial Treasurer, (HENRY ERNEST WODEHOUSE, C.M.G.). the Surveyor General, (SAMUEL BROWN).

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the Acting Registrar General, (NORMAN GILBERT MITCHELL-INNES), ALEXANDER PALMER MACEWEN.

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JAMES JOHNStone Keswick.

CATCHICK PAUL CHATER.

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

The Honourable PHINEAS RYRIE.

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

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 23rd June, having been taken as read are confirmed.

Read the following Minutes by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Govern-

ment:

(1.)

C.5.0.

1511 of 1890.

F. FLEMING.

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Three thousand Three hundred and Forty-five Dollars and sixty cents, ($3,345.60), being amount required to pay the balance of a claim, and Court fees, in connection with Mr. M. J. STEPHENS' claim against the Government for compensation and damages for loss of area in respect of Marine Lot 184, $5,000.

Amount Deposited in Court in December, 1888,

Balance now claimed,

Fees of Court,

..$1,700.00

3,300.00

$5,000.00

45.60

Government House, Hongkong, 23rd June, 1890.

F. FLEMING.

(2.)

$5,045.60

C.5.0. 1513 of 1890.

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Twenty-six thousand Six hundred and Sixty-four Dollars, and Forty-nine cents, ($26,664.49), to defray the Salaries, Allowances and Office Contingencies of the Water and Drainage Depart- ment for the current year. Out of this amount, the sum of $7,868 is a re-vote, as it is included in the Estimates under Surveyor General's Establishment, and since transferred to the Water and Drainage Department.

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Establishment of W. & D. Department, Transferred from Surveyor General's Department,.

Government House, Hongkong, 26th June, 1890.

.$26,664.49 7,868.00

$18,796.49