Sessional_Paper_1904 — Page 21

C.S.O. No.

2639 of 1904.

F. H. MAY.

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Thirteen thousand seven hundred Dollars ($13,700) in aid of the vote, Public Works Recurrent and Extraordinary, for the following items :--

Maintenance of Public Cemetery,

Public Works Recurrent.

$ 4,500

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Praya Wall and Piers,.......

7,200

$11,700

Public Works Extraordinary.

New Territory Survey,

.$ 2,000

Total,..........

$13,700

Government House, Hongkong, 11th April, 1904.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.--The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, laid on the table the Report of the Finance Committee dated the 28th March, 1904, and moved its adoption.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

PAPERS. The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, laid on the table the following papers :—

1. Report of the Director of Public Works for the year 1903.

2. Despatch from the Secretary of State dated the 4th February, 1904, on Tropical Diseases

Research.

3. Financial Returns for the year 1903.

4. Returns of the Subordinate Court for the year 1903.

5. Report on the Health and Sanitary Condition of the Colony of Hongkong for the year

1903.

6. The Blue Book for the year 1903.

PILOTS BILL.-The Attorney General addressed the Council, and moved the second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to provide for and regulate the Employment of Pilots.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a second time.

Council in Committee on the Bill.

Council resumed, and Bill reported with amendments.

The Attorney General moved the third reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time.

Question put-that this Bill do pass. Bill passed.