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C.S.0, No. 3116 of 1002.

CUSO No. 244 of 1900

F. H. MAY.

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Six thousand five hundred Dollars ($6,500) in aid of the vote Public Works, Extraordinary, being compensation to Mr. SEE KOK SHAN, Executor of SEE SANG KAI, deceased, for the resumption of Inland Lot No. 509.

Government House, Hongkong, 22nd February, 1904.

F. H. MAY.

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Three Extension thousand Dollars ($3,000) in aid of the vote Public Works, Extraordinary, for filling in and draining the swamp near the Starling Inlet Police Station and forming a catchwater drain round the hill which borders the area.

C.S.O. No. 992 of 1902.

Government House, Hongkong, 24th February, 1904.

F. H. MAY.

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Three thousand six hundred Dollars ($3,600) in aid of the vote Harbour Master's Depart- ment, Lighthouses, under Other Charges, for the following :-

Value of the apparatus for converting fixed lights at Cape D'Aguilar and Green

Island, £300 @ 1/8=$3,600.

Government House, Hongkong, 26th Feburary, 1904.

The Acting Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.-The Acting Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, laid on the table the Report of the Finance Committee dated the 19th February, 1904, (No. 3), and moved its adoption.

The Acting Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

PAPERS. The Acting Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Officer Administer- ing the Government, laid on the table the following papers:-

1. Despatch from the Secretary of State relative to Governor Sir HENRY A. BLAKE's services. 2. Report on the Tung Wah Hospital, for 1903.

3. Report on the Widows and Orphans' Pension Fund, for 1903.

4. Report of the Acting Captain Superintendent of Police, for 1903.

5. Report of the Acting Superintendent of Victoria Gaol, for 1903.

6. Report of the Acting Superintendent of Fire Brigade, for 1903.

7. Report on the Queen's College, for 1903.

8. Sterling Salaries Scheme.

9. Report on the Plague Epidemic, in 1903.

REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE.-The Director of Public Works, by command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, laid on the table the Report of the Public Works Committee dated the 19th February, 1904, (No. 1).

SANITARY BYE-LAWS (AMENDMENT).-The Acting Colonial Secretary laid on the table an amend- ment by the Sanitary Board to No. 5 of the Bye-laws relating to Domestic Cleanliness and Ventilation, and moved that it be approved.

The Director of Public Works seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

SANITARY BYE-LAWS (REPEAL AND SUBSTITUTION).-The Acting Colonial Secretary laid on the table a repeal of, and substitution for, the Bye-laws as to Conservancy and Ventilation, and moved that they be approved.

The Director of Public Works seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.