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But we will content ourselves with a few sentences from an editorial written on the 23rd October, 1857 It ran as follows: "The spirit of aggrandisement for which Russia has of late years been so notorious was never more fully developed than by "her
proceedings about the Amour River.
We ourselves happen to know that an overland communication "exists from the North Pacific to S
Petersburgh. The distance
by accomplished in 38 Days! and "incredible portion of
the 'performed by Stem on the Amour. Our "information runs that Passengers are. readily taken, and that the entire passage money amounts to a sum short of the equivalent of 8400. We would recommend "H.E. Sir JOHN BOWRING to go home this "route not later than next summer.
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HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL.
A meeting of the Legislative Council was held on the Ist inst. in the Council Chamber. Pres-ut:---
HIS EXCELLENCE THE GOVERNOR, Sir HENRY A. BLAKE, G.C.M.G.
Colonel L. F. BROWN, Commanding the Troops.
Hon. F. H. MAY, CM.G. (Colonial Secretary). Hon. Sir HENRY SPENCER BERKELEY, KT. (Attorney-General).
Hon. A. M. THOMSON (Colonial Treasurer). Hon. BASIL R. H. TAYLOR (Harbour Master).
Hon. W. CHATHAM (Director of Public Works).
Hon. Dr. J. M. ATKINSON (Principal Civil Medical Officer).
Hon. ir C. P. CHATER, C.M.G.
Hon. C. W. DICKSON.
Hon. Dr. Ho KAI,C.M.G.
Hon. WEI A YUK|||
Hon. GARSнOM STEWART. Hon. H. E. PULLUCK, K.C. Mr. R. F. JOHNSTON (Acting Clerk of Councils).
FINANCIAL.
The COLONIAL SEO ETARY laid on the table Financial Minutes (Nos. 50 to 53) and mored that they be referred to the Finance Committee. The COLONIAL TREASURER seconded, and the motion was agreed to,
The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid on the table the Report of the Finance Committee (No. 9) and moved its adoption.
The COLONIAL TREASURER seconded, and the motion was agreed to.
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. The DIRECTOR
of PB IC WORKS sub- mitted the following miuules of the Public Works Committee.
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT. consideration of the proposal to establish a Convict Prison on Stonecutters Island.
The Committee then adjourned.
Bacteriological Institute.
It was not intended to make any such distino. tion in regard to the grant of Sterling Salaries as is contemplated in your despatel No. 512 between offic, rs of the Hongkong service who are and those who are not entitled to exchange
of the inability of the Public Works Depart compensation. According to the principle laid
The Chimin explained thut in consequence ineat to un teriaka th› work, the preparation of down in the case of the Straits Settlements and plans and 181ìm+ies, &•, hid been placed in the binds of Megārs Leigh & Orange architects, non-clericl poa's which exceeded $1,200 a y. ar the Federated Malay States the salaries of all Preminary plus had at firs be prepared by were to be included in the S'erling Scheme them for a uidig in accordance with the and fficers appointed for the beginning of | Dacseriologis's ideas, the enst of which he August, 1901, to any such posts came under the estimated roughly at $60,000. After com- Sterling Scheme. regless of the qustion munication with Singapore and Shangbai, whe.ber or not they would have been entitled, prepared. He now laid the plans before the amended p'a s on a reduced scale had been under the existing rules, in virtue of domicile Committee, the cost of the work being estimated | —I hare, etc.,
or in other respects, to exchange compensation. by the a.chitects at $40,000. The site was in the upper portion of the Taipingshan resumed area adjoining Caine Lane.
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Disinfecting Station at Kowloon. The hairman (Hon. W. Chatham) laid before the Committee a plan for a disinfecting station providing similar accommodation to the existing one in the City of Victoria, with quar. ters for an Inspector attached, to be erected at Yaumati, and explained that the scheme was partly provided for in the current year's Estimates. The accommodation originally oon. templated, however, was only a shed for the disinfector itself and quarters for an Inspector, but the Sanitary Board had since asked for an additional two-storied shed to contain stores and bouse the coolies employed at the station, besides offices and other accommodation. These additions brought the estimated cost of the scheme up to $27,000,|| ̈
The Committee unanimously agreed to re- commend that tender be called for the entire work and that, if necessary, a supplementary vote should be taken to meet this year's expenditure.
Convict Prison on Stonecutters' Island. It was decided, in view of the absence of two members of the Committee, to defer the further
It was unanimously agreed to recommend that the work be carried out in accordanos with the amended plans and estimate.
Gunpowder Depot on Green Island, Plans which had ben construction of a new Gn powder Depôt ou prepire for the Green I-lan, in substitution for the existing Depôt on Stonecutters,' were laid before. I ne Committee. The estimated cost of th: entire work, including quarters for the staff employed in connection with the Depôt, the preparation of the site, &c., was $107,000. The average revenus derived annually from the Depo: daring the past five years had amounted to over $21,000.
After full discussion, it was unanimously agreed to recommend that the work be under- taken.
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The Committee also recommend, in con- nection with the establish nent of the Depot there, that restrictions regard to landing on Green Island.
be imposed Establi hment of a Convict Prison on
Stonecutters' Island.
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The proposal to construet a Convict Priso
touecutters.' on the site to be rendered available by the transfer of the Gunpowder Depôt to Gree. Is aud, wis then considered.
The papers which were a-ked for by the Com. mitter on the 2 th July had been circalated to members.
The Chairmau laid the plans befo e the Committee and explained that, though it wa intended only to erect two blocks of cells, capable if' accommodating 246 prisoners, in the first instanc, the outire site available for the Prison would be enclosed with a high boundary wall, so that future blucks of cells could be added as occasion arose without interfering with the <ccu, ation of the Prison: The estimated cost of the work now proposed was $236,000.
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Before coming to a decision on this matter the Committee desire that an estimate be pared and laid before them showing the probable aunual working expenses of the proposed Prison together with the actual working expenses of the existing Gaol and whether any saving is anticipated in the latter item in the event of the new Prison being constructed. The Committee a.so desire to receivo a conuparative statement of the estimated working expenses if a Convict Prison of equal accommodation were constructed on a site on the Island of Hongkong, gay, below Victoria Battery, instead of ou tonecutters.
The Committee theu adjourned.
STERLING SALARIES SCHEME.
The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid ou the table the following correspondence in continuance of Sessional Paper No. 45 of 1902 :-- 1
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Extract from the despatch of His Excellency Sir H A. Blake to the Secretary of the State for the Colonies, No. 512, of the 15th Novem- ber, 1902.
ONSLOW.
The COLONIAL SECRETARY also laid on the Bid-I would like to explain that whereas it table another piper on the same subject. 18. was originally understood in the Colony that the sterling salaries scheme included only those ffic rs who were in receipt of excuange coup sh satin, it has been settled that it a so inciades exceed $1200 per aunum. non-clerical appointments the salaries of which
These appoint ments are therefore in the Estimates which Council. are about to come und r cousidera ion of the Hon. members will remember that member of this Council regarding the Crown some questions were put to me by an hon. Agent system, and part of one of the questions I was unable to auswer. I now beg to lay on I was unable to give at that time, the table a despatch which gives the information
QU STIONS.
Hon. Mr. POLLOCK put the following ques What was the nature of the enquiries wbioh tious to the Colonial 8 cretary :-
were made by the Governmen for the pur. p89 of ascertaining how many vac nt storeys there were in the City of Victoria and in Kowloon in July last?
2. With reference to your answer to the 5th question which I put to you at the Inst eting of the Legislative Cuncil. is the contract which you referred to in that answer, a contract for training the nullah in question right down the northern face of the hill from top to bottom? What is the contract price for that work and what is the date Are uy a eps being taken for the improve- which is fixed for completion of it ?
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ment of the Detective Branch of the Police Force with a view to the surer detection of! serious crimes ?
4. What inducements are held out to Po`ice offi- cers for the study of the Chinese language and are such inducements smaller than they were formerly?
The COLONIAL follows:-
SECRETARY replied ns
1. Each Di triot Inspector was instructed by the Acting M∙cal Officer of Health to prepare a return showing what houses and floors within bis district were vacant, and to give as nearly as possib'e the number of people these houses and floor could accommodate under the provi- sions of Ordinance No. 1 of 1903. The numbers given in my reply to the Honourable Member's former question on this subject were based on the Returns so furnished by the Inspectors. **
2. The contract is for training the nullah from Kennedy Road upwards to its upper termination. The work is being done on a schedule of prices. by measurement, as the nature of the ground rendered it practically impossible to prepare definite plans and quantities beforehand. No date of completion has been fixed in this case, but the work has begun and it is anticipated that it will be com- ploted in 3 months.
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Sir, I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 3:8 of the 30th of
3. The extra allowances granted to Chinese la t September and to refer you in reply to detectives has recently been increased from 32 aragraph of my despatch of the 115 per mengem. The question of oreasing December, 901, in which I stated that the the Detective Staff is under consideration. sterling Salari-e cheme, forwarded under cover of that despatch, was designed to in inje alt offices which would in the ordinary cours: he hell by Europeans sppointed from home. Ja other words all officers or fed to draw bas chunge compensation.--I have eto,
HENRY A. BLAKE. Extract from the Secretary of State's des patch No. 16 of 16th January, 1903, to His Excellency Sir H. A. Blake.
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