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No. 5041 of

1907.

No. 2658 of

1907.

F. H. MAY.

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Two hundred and seventy-five Dollars ($275) in aid of the vote, Judicial and Legal Departments, A.-Supreme Court, Other Charges, for the following

items:

Electric Fans and Light, Incidental Expenses,

Total,.

Government House, Hongkong, 8th July, 1907.

F. H. MAY.

$ 75

200

$275

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Three hundred and fifty Dollars ($350) in aid of the vote, Public Works, Recurrent, Miscellaneous, Maintenance of Public Cemetery.

Government House, Hongkong, 11th July, 1907.

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 27th June, 1907, and moved its adoption.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

PAPERS. The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excelleney the Officer Adminis- tering the Government, laid on the table the following papers :-

Despatch from the Secretary of State for the Colonies with regard to Sir M.

NATHAN's departure.

Reports on the Health and Sanitary Condition of the Colony of Hongkong, for

year 1906.

the

Report of the Inspector of Schools, for the 1906.

Despatch from the Secretary of State for the Colonies with regard to the Report

of the Typhoon Relief Fund Committee.

Correspondence on the subject of the Salaries of European Civil Servants.

SALARIES OF EUROPEAN CIVIL SERVANTS.-The Colonial Secretary addressed the Council and moved the following Resolution

Resolved that the principle of the payment of salaries of European Civil Servants contained in Lord Elgin's despatch No. 122 of the 11th June, 1907, be approved.

Dr. Ho KAI addressed the Council and seconded.

The Resolution was carried unanimously, unofficial members alone voting.

FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES BILL.-The Attorney General moved the First reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance relating to Fire and Life Insurance Companies.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.