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C.S.0, No.

HENRY A. BLAKE.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Three hundred and fifty-two

$209 of 1903. Dollars ($352) in aid of the vote for Personal Emoluments, Medical Departments :-

Increases to Salaries of the following Staff from 1st September to 31st December, 1903 :

13 Chinese Nurses,..... 4 Dispensary Coolies,

13 Coolies,

Attendants for Sisters:

Civil Hospital

$156

4

52

3 House Coolies,

12

$224

Lunatic Asylums:-

6 Chinese Nurses,..

72

+ Coolies,

16

88

Maternity Hospital :—

2 Chinese Nurses,... 2 Coolies,

24

32

Kennedy Town Hospital:

*

2 Coolies,

Total,

$ 352

C.S.Q. No. 6246 of 1908.

Government House, Hongkong, 11th August, 1903.

HENRY A. BLAKE,

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Nine hundred Dollars ($900) in aid of the vote for the Magistracy under Other Charges :-

C.S.O. No.

4242 of 1903.

CIS:0. No.

445 of 1903.

Office Furniture, Repairs, and Incidental Expenses,..

$ 450

Costs of Witnesses for giving Evidence in Criminal Cases, and for Interpreting

Dialects with which the Court Interpreters are unacquainted,

450

Total,

$ 900

Government House, Hongkong, 11th August, 1903.

HENRY A. BLAKE.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Eleven thousand Dollars ($11,000) in aid of the votes for the following items under Public Works Extraordinary :---

1. Extension of Inspector's Quarters at Kennedy Town,..

2. City and Hill District Water-works,

3. Government Offices-Extensions and Alterations,

4. Temporary Market adjoining new Harbour Office,

5. Governor's Peak Residence,

Government House, Hongkong, 12th August, 1903.

HENRY A. BLAKE.

Total,..

$2,000

4,000

1,500

1,000

2,500

$11,000

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Two hundred and four Dollars ($204) in aid of the vote Observatory, Other Charges, to meet cost of flags required for making Weather Signals for the information of Shipmasters.

Government House, Hongkong, 12th August, 1903.