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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL,

COUNCIL, No. 18.

MONDAY, 30TH JUNE, 1890.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE OFFICER ADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT (The Honourable FRANCIS FLEMING, C.M.G.)

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

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).

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

CATCHICK PAUL CHATER.

JAMES JOHNSTONE KESWICK. HO KAI, M.B., C.M.

The Honourable PHINEAS RYRIE.

The Council met pursuant to adjournment.

ABSENT:

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 23rd June, were read and confirmed.

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PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE.-The Acting Colonial Secretary laid on the table the Educational report for 1889.

Read the following Minutes under the hand of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government:—

C.S.O.

1511 of 1890.

F. FLEMING.

(1.)

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.

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

F. FLEMING.

(3.)

C.S.0. 1513 of 1800.

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Nine hundred and Fifty Dollars, ($950), being amount expended for the Kowloon well.

Government House, Hongkong, 26th June, 1890.