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No. 7.

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

FINANCE COMMITTEE,

AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG,

On the 17th May, 1904.

PRESENT:

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON), Chairman.

the Attorney General, (Sir HENRY SPENCER BERKELEY, Kt.).

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the Colonial Treasurer, (LEWIS AUDLEY MARSH JOHNSTON).

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the Registrar General, (ARTHUR WINBOLT BREWIN).

the Director of Public Works, (PATRICK NICHOLAS HILL JONES).

the Harbour Master, (Capt. LIONEL AUBREY WALTER BARNES-LAWRENCE, R.N. (ret'd). Sir C. P. CHATER, Kt., C.M.G.

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

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GERSHOM STEWART.

HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, K.C.

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WILLIAM JARDINE GRESSON,

ABSENT:

His Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops, (Major-General VILLIERS HATTON, C.B.).

The Committee met at the request of the Colonial Secretary.

Read the following Minutes under the hand of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government :—

C.O.D. No. 1602 of 1904,

C.S.O. No. 3110 of 1904,

C.S.O. No. 3549 of 1904.

F. H. MAY.

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Two hundred Dollars ($200) in aid of the vote Botanical and Afforestation Department, under Other Charges, for preliminary experiments in Cotton-growing in the New Territories.

Government House, Hongkong, 26th April, 1904.

F. H. MAY.

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Thirty-four thousand seven hundred Dollars ($34,700) in aid of the vote Public Works, Extraordinary, for readjustment of Kowloon Marine Lots 44-46 and Kowloon Inland Lots 887-897, Taikoktsui.

Government House, Hongkong, 5th May, 1904.

F. H. MAY.

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of One thousand five hundred Dollars ($1,500) in aid of the vote Botanical and Afforestation Depart- ment, Other Charges, for Tree-Planting.

Government House, Hongkong, 5th May, 1904.