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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 6.

WEDNESDAY, 5TH AUGUST, 1896.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR

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

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

LOCKHART).

the Acting Attorney General, (HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK).

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the Acting Colonial Treasurer, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON).

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

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

the Acting Captain Superintendent of Police, (WILLIAM CHARLES HOLLAND

HASTINGS, R.N.).

CATCHICK PAUL Chater.

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

THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G.

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JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVING.

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The Council met pursuant to adjournment.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 22nd July, 1896, 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 Committee appointed by His Excellency the Governor to enquire into and

report on the best organization for a College of Medicine for Hongkong.

2. Papers on the question of providing New Government Offices.

3. The Assessor's Report on the Assessment for 1896-97.

FINANCIAL MINUTES.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following Financial Minutes, (Nos. 7, 8, 9 and 10), and moved that they be referred to the Finance Committee:

643.0.

1798 of 1896.

C.S.0. 1677 of 1895.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Ten thousand Dollars, ($10,000), to cover the expenditure of the Tytan Water Works extension during the current year.

Government House, Hongkong, 31st July, 1896.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote the following suns to meet certain expenses in the Sanitary Department:

For Incidental Expenses,..

For Scavenging the City and Villages, For the Maintenance of Markets,

Total.

.$1,000

4,200

375

.$5,575

C.S.0.

714 of 1896.

C.5.0. 157 of 1806.

Government House, Hongkong, 3rd August, 1896.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Five thousand Dollars, ($5,000), to cover the amount under-estimated in respect of Refunds of Revenue.

Government House, Hongkong, 4th August, 1896.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to re-vote the sum of Four hundred and Fifty-four Dollars and Thirty-seven Cents, ($454.37), for the purchase of Conservancy Buckets.

(The above is the unexpended balance of the sum previously voted.)

Government House, Hongkong, 4th August, 1896.

The Acting Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.