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The Unofficial Members of Council respectfully request that the amount of the Military Contribution for 1896 may be reconsidered and that the Secretary of State would be pleased to give specific directions on all the points herein raised.
(Signed),
C. P. CHATER.
HO ΚΑΙ.
T. H. WHITEHEAD.
E. R. BELILIOS.
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J. J. BELL-IRVING.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG, 31ST MARCH, 1896.
Convict Labour,
Enclosure 2.
Appropriations in Aid, 1895.
Recovery from Diplomatic, Naval and
Military Departments,
Grant from Imperial Post Office,
Grant from Admiralty to Lock Hospital, Medical Treatment of Patients in Civil
Hospital,
Maintenance of Gap Rock Lighthouse, Queen's College Fees, ....
Refund of Police Pay,...
Refund Cost of Police and other Stores, School for Girls. Fees from Scholars, Sick Stoppages from Police Force,..... Subsistence Money of Seamen and others
in Victoria Gaol, .....
Sale of Plants,....
Sale of Forestry Products,
$ 5,514.67 Gaol.
1,413.05 Gaol.
6,637.31
945.29
Post Office.
Female Venereal Ward.
} 15,255.64 Civil Hospital.
750.00 Harbour Department. 12,667.00 Queen's College.
2,232.12 Police.
386.05 Police.
452.00 Inspector of Schools. 813.45 Civil Hospital.
448.75 Gaol.
854.03 |
678.19
}
Gardens.
lens.
TOTAL,....
.$ 49,047.55
(Despatch from the Secretary of State to the Governor.)
HONGKONG.
No. 128.
SIR,
DOWNING STREET,
8th June, 1896.
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 107 of 21st April last, forwarding a Memorandum from the Unofficial Members of the Legislative Council, in which they suggest that certain items should be omitted from the Statement of Revenue, on which the Military Contribution is based.
2. I regret that I am unable to meet the views of the Unofficial Members in this matter, and I would observe that if any of their proposals were adopted, it would be necessary to reconsider the proportion of Revenue which has been fixed as the amount of the Contribution.
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