Sessional_Paper_1891 — Page 87

No. 1.

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

FINANCE COMMITTEE,

AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG,

On the 30th January, 1891.

PRESENT:

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (FRANCIS FLEMING, C.M.G.), Chairman.

the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).

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the Captain Superintendent of Police, (WALTER MEREDITH DEANE, C.M.G.). the Registrar General, (JAMES Haldane Stewart Lockhart).

C.S.O.

3081 of 1890.

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the Surveyor General, (SAMUEL Brown).

CATCHICK PAUL CHATER.

JAMES JOHNSTONE KESWICK.

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

THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.

The Honourable PHINEAS RYRIE,

ABSENT:

The Committee meet at the request of the Colonial Secretary.

Read the following Minutes under the hand of His Excellency the Governor :—

G. WILLIAM DES VEUX.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Two hundred and Forty Dollars, ($240), as an allowance to the Steward of the Civil Hospital for collecting Hospital Bills, at the rate of $20 per month, during the current year.

Government House, Hongkong, 14th January, 1891.

G. WILLIAM DES VOUX.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Three hundred Dollars, ($300), being allowance in lieu of quarters to six teachers of Government Schools.

Government House, Hongkong, 29th January, 1891.

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

The Committee is then adjourned sine die.

Laid before the Legislative Council on the 16th February, 1891.

Read and confirmed on the 16th February, 1891.

A. M. THOMSON, Acting Clerk of Councils.

F. FLEMING,

Chairman.