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• No. 3568 of

1905, C.S.O.

M. NATHAN.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Forty-four thousand seven hun- dred and ninety-three Dollars ($44,793) in aid of the votes Public Works Annually Recurrent Expenditure and Public Works Extraordinary, for the following items :-

Maintenance of Telegraphs,

Public Works Annually Recurrent Expenditure.

Public Works Extraordinary.

Disinfecting Station, Kowloon,....

Gunpowder Depôt, Green Island,

Total,...

.$ 7,600

2,800

34,393

$44,793

No. 1959 of 1905, C.O.D.

No. 3551 of. 1905, C.O.T.

Government House, Hongkong, 10th May, 1905.

M. NATHAN.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of £18,933 for payment of arrears of Contribution due by Hongkong under the Award of Lord Balfour of Burleigh towards the Eastern Mail Service for the seven years from 1st February, 1898, to 31st January, 1905.

M. NATHAN.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Eight hundred and ten Dollars ($810) in aid of the vote Harbour Master's Department, Personal Emoluments, for Salary of an additional Clerk, and increased Salaries of Clerks from 10th May to 31st December, 1905.

Government House, Hongkong, 19th May, 1905.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the Report of the Finance Committee dated the 27th February, 1905, and moved its adoption.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

PAPERS.―The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following papers :--

1. Reports of the Medical Officer of Health, the Sanitary Surveyor and the Colonial

Veterinary Surgeon, for 1904.

2. Report on the Health and Sanitary Condition of Hongkong, for 1904.

3. Report of the Superintendent of Fire. Brigade, for 1904.

4. Report of the Captain Superintendent of Police, for 1904.

5. Report of the Superintendent of Victoria Gaol, for 1904.

6. Report of the Registrar General, for 1904.

7. Report on work of the Land Court, New Territories, from 1900 to 1905.

8. Report of the Superintendent of the Botanical and Afforestation Department, for 1904.

9. Financial Returns for the year 1904.

0. Correspondence regarding the Eastern Mail Service (in connection with Financial Minute

No. 13).

1. Report of the Director of Public Works, for 1904.

2. Report of the Principal Civil Medical Officer, for 1904.

3. Report of the Tung Wah Hospital, for 1904.

4. Report of the Po Léung Kuk, for 1904.

5. Report of the Registrar of the Supreme Court, for 1904. 6. Report of the Postmaster General, for 1904.