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No. 2.

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

FINANCE COMMITTEE,

AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG, On the 25th February, 1892.

PRESENT:

The Honourable the Acting Colonial Secretary, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN), Chairman. the Acting Attorney General, (ANDREW JOHN LEACH).

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the Registrar General, (JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART).

the Colonial Treasurer, (NORMAN GILBERT MITCHELL-INNES).

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the Acting Surveyor General, (FRANCIS ALFRED COOPER).

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the Acting Harbour Master, (WILLIAM CHARLES HOLLAND HASTINGS). CATCHICK PAUL CHATER.

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HO KAI, M.B., C.M.

THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS.

ABSENT:

The Honourable JAMES JOHNSTONE KESWICK.

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

The Minutes of the last Meeting held on the 25th January, 1892, were read and confirmed. Read the following Minutes under the hand of His Excellency the Governor :---

C.0. Desp. 314 of 1891.

C.S.O.

316 of 1892.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Forty-four Dollars, ($44), to cover the increase to the salary of the Clerk and Interpreter to the Magistrate acting as Coroner, being 20 per cent. over his pay, from 1st February, 1892.

Government House, Hongkong, 22nd February, 1892.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Two thousand Eight hundred and Eight Dollars, ($2,808), for the Salary and Allowance of a Temporary Surveyor, whose work is to be in connection with the surveys and information required for the Squatters Board.

Salary per annum,

Allowance for Chair,

..$2,520.00 288.00

$ 2,808.00

C. O. Deap.

4 of 1892.

Government House, Hongkong, 15th February, 1892.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Twenty-six thousand Nine Inuu- dred and Thirty-seven Dollars and Fifty-seven Cents, ($26,937.57), equivalent of £3,928.7.11 @2/11 per Dollar, due to the War Department out of the sum of £116,000 contributed for Defence Works.

Government House, Hongkong, 22nd February, 1892.

The Committee agreed to recommend the first two votes to be passed by the Council and to postpone consideration of the third vote till Monday, the 7th March.

The Committee is then adjourned.

Laid before the Legislative Council on the 7th March, 1892.

Read and confirmed on the 14th March, 1892.

A. M. THOMSON, Acting Clerk of Councris.

W. M. GOODMAN,

Chairman.

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