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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 5.

THURSDAY, 28TMп MARCII, 1895.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR

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

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary and Registrar General, (JAMES HALDANE STEWART

LOCKHART).

the Acting Attorney General, (ANDREW JOHN LEACH, Q.C.).

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the Acting Colonial Treasurer. (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON).

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

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the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY, R.N.).

CATCHICK PAUL CHATER.

JAMES JOHNSTONE KESWICK.

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

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G.

ALEXANDER MCCONACHIE.

The Council met pursuant to adjournment.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 26th instant, were read and confirmed. PAPERS.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following papers:-

(1) Report of the Sanitary Surveyor for 1894.

(2) Scheme for the Improvement of the Resumed Area in the District of Taipingshan. The Colonial Secretary moved that the Report of the Director of Public Works respecting the scheme for the Improvement of the Resumed Area in the District of Taipingshan be referred to the Public Works Committee.

The Director of Public Works seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

FINANCIAL MINUTES.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following Financial Minutes and moved that they be referred to the Finance Committee:-

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585 of 1895,

C.0. Tel. 15.3.05.

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708 of 1995.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Five hundred and Forty Dollars, ($540), being salary of a temporary Clerk to the Sanitary Department at the rate of $60 per mensem for 9 months from 1st April, 1895.

Government House, Hongkong, 21st March, 1895.

WILLIAM ROBINSON,

The Governor recommends the Council to re-vote the sum of Fifty-eight thousand Dollars, ($58,000), for payment of Exchange Compensation in respect of 1894.

(The above is approximately the unexpended balance of the sum previously voted.) Government House, Hongkong, 25th March, 1895.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Six hundred Dollars, ($600), for the salaries of the Chinese staff at the new Sheep and Swine Depôt.

Government House, Hongkong, 26th March, 1895.

The Acting Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

SANITARY BYE-LAWS.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table certain Bye-laws for the regulation of the public depôts for sheep and swine, made by the Sanitary Board on the 14th instant, and moved their adoption.

The Acting Attorney General seconded.

The Acting Treasurer addressed the Council suggesting postponement. Question postponed.