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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 13.

MONDAY, 21ST NOVEMBER, 1892.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR

(Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, K.C.M.G.).

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (GEORGE THOMAS MICHAEL O'BRIEN, C.M.G.).

the Registrar General, (JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART). the Colonial Treasurer, (NORMAN GILBERT MITCHELL-INNES).

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the Director of Public Works, (FRANCIS ALFRED COOPER).

the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY).

CATCHICK PAUL CHATER,

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

THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD,

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS.

JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVING.

ABSENT:

The Honourable the Acting Attorney General, (ANDREW JOHN LEACH).

The Council met pursuant to adjournment.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 16th November, 1892, were read and confirmed.

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 16th November, (No. 9), and moved that the following Votes referred to therein be passed, viz.:-

C.S.0. 1452 of 1892,

C.S.O.

1454 of 1892.

C.S.O.

1538 of 1892,

A sum of Five hundred Dollars, as a building grant under the Grant-in-aid scheme being half the cost of new Grant-in-aid School built by the Basel Mission at Sham-shui-po which has taken the place of a Government School in the same place,

.$ 500.00

A sum of Seven thousand One hundred and Fifty Dollars, to meet the extra ex-

penditure during the current year on the Government Civil Hospital.............$ 7,150.00

A sum of Five thousand Dollars, to supplement the vote in the Estimates for

maintenance of roads and bridges out of Victoria,

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C.5.0. A sum of Fourteen thousand Dollars, for "Repairs to Buildings,"

1573 of 1892.

$ 5,000.00

1832 of 1892. A sum of Six hundred Dollars, to meet the charges made by the Water and Drainage Department for the supply of Water to the Gaol during the current

year.......

$14,000.00

$ 600.00

C.S.0. 1835 of 1892.

A sum of Two hundred and Sixty Dollars, as an additional sum required for the Governor's Departinent to meet the expenses for repairs of Public Furniture at Government House, and Incidental Expenses,

.$

260.00

C.S.0.

1996 of 1892.

C.S.0.

2082 of 1892.

178 of 1892.

A sum of One thousand Dollars, for the repair of the main sewer in Robinson Road, Kowloon, damaged by the roots of the trees planted along the sides of the road.....

...$ 1,000.00

A sum of Five thousand Dollars, to cover the cost of Stationery for 1892, the

requisitions for which arrived too late to be included in the 1891 Account,......$ 5,000.00

C.0. Desp. A sum of One hundred thousand Dollars, in order to provide for the payment before the end of the year, as prescribed in rules 63 and 77 of the Financial Instructions, of the salaries for the month of December and other authorised charges properly chargeable against the votes of the year,

C.S.0.

2063 of 1892.

C.5.0.

2054 of 1884.

C.S.O.

2829 of 1892.

$100,000.00

A sum of Four thousand and Eighty-three Dollars and Thirty Cents, to cover the cost of certain additional works on the Reclamation from the sea at Kennedy Town,......

........................$ 4,083.30

A sum of Five hundred Dollars, being additional sum required to defray the cost

of Clothing, Bedding, &c., for the Gaol Staff and Prisoners,....

A sum of Fourteen thousand Five hundred and Fifty Dollars and Forty-three

Cents, for Military Contribution,

.$ 500.00

$14,550.43