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C.S.O.

3236 of 1892.

C.S.O.

3392 of 1892.

C.5.0.

1303 & 1350

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Three hundred and Twenty Dollars, ($320), to meet the charges made by the Water and Drainage Department for the supply of water to the Botanical and Afforestation Department during the current year. The water was formerly supplied free, but since this year has been charged for. Government House, Hongkong, 8th October, 1892.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Three thousand Dollars, ($3,000), as additional vote required to cover the total expenditure on the repairs of St. John's Cathedral

Church.

Government House, Hongkong 13th October, 1892.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One thousand Three hundred of 1892 and Four Dollars, and Seventy-three Cents, ($1,304.73), viz.:—

For a special Chronograph fitted with electrical control, battery, &c., for the Observ

atory, £114.0.1 @ 2/10d. $804.73. The instrument was ordered in 1889, but was only received in the Colony this year.

For additional expenditure under "Laboratory expenses " and "Office Contingencies,"

$500.00, the votes for current year having been under-estimated.

Government House, Hongkong, 14th June, 1892.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

VOTES PASSED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the Report of the Finance Committee dated the 7th June, (No. 8), and moved that the following Votes referred to therein be passed, viz. :--

1814 of 1892.

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C. A sum of Fifteen hundred Dollars, being supplementary provision to defray

incidental expenses in the Police Department,

C.3.0.

947 of 1892.

C.5.0. 1323 of 1892.

A sum of Five hundred and Eighty-seven Dollars, and Thirty-three Cents, being the difference between the amount voted in the Estimates for this year and the actual sum due to the Telegraph Company, for the cost of Telegraph Cable, aërial line and Morse instruments connecting the Gap Rock with the Harbour Office at Hongkong,

.$ 1,500.00

.$ 587.33

A sum of Twelve hundred Dollars, to defray the cost of Clothing for the Gaol Staff

and Prisoners not provided for in the Estimates for the current year,................... .$ 1,200.00

C.5.0.

1795 of 1892.

A sum of Five thousand Dollars, as supplementary provision for the cost of passages

and bonuses in lieu of passage, in the Police Department,..

.$ 5,000.00

0.8.0.

810 of 1892.

A sum of Three thousand Eight hundred and Sixty-eight Dollars, for the expendi-

ture required for an improved system of signalling the approach of vessels to the port, ....

.$ 3,868.00

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Votes passed.

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BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE ENACTED BY THE GOVERNOR OF Hongkong, WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THEREOF, TO APPLY A SUM NOT EXCEEDING TWO MILLIONS THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED AND ELEVEN DOLLARS TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE OF THE YEAR 1893.-The Colonial Secretary moved the first reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.