George Ferguson Bowen

Name: Speech of His Excellency the Governor of the Opening of the Session for 1884 of the Legislative Council of Hongkong
Author: George Ferguson Bowen

Speech of His Excellency the Governor of the Opening of the Session for 1884 of the Legislative… (1884)

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“Speech of His Excellency the Governor of the Opening of the Session for 1884 of the Legislative Council of Hongkong”, published in 1884, is a work by George Ferguson Bowen. It explores elements such as Causeway Bay, the Imperial Government and Colony.

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George Ferguson Bowen, Speech of His Excellency the Governor of the Opening of the Session for 1884 of the Legislative… (1884)

“ Under these circumstances, I concur with the Executive Council in what appears to be the general opinion of the Colony, viz., that the present generation of Colonists ought not to be deprived of the advantages referred to, while it cannot of course be expected to defray the entire cost of works of a permanent and reproductive character; and that, consequently, it will be expedient to raise, on the exhaustion of the existing assets, a moderate loan, not much exceeding the revenue of a single year. This question will not have to be decided in its details during the present Session ”

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George Ferguson Bowen, Speech of His Excellency the Governor of the Opening of the Session for 1884 of the Legislative… (1884)

“ However, as the true remedy is to be found chiefly in increased house accommodation for the labouring classes, it will be necessary to expand the City in a westerly direction as well as towards the East; and to create fresh building sites available for new tenements. Estimates will, therefore, be presented to you for certain additional works of reclamation; for the formation of new suburbs, and for laying out of new streets in the Districts of Belcher's Bay and Causeway Bay. ”

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George Ferguson Bowen, Speech of His Excellency the Governor of the Opening of the Session for 1884 of the Legislative… (1884)

“ I am confident that the Government will derive valuable aid from the local knowledge and experience of the Unofficial Members, and I also believe that you will all agree with me that there neither is, nor ought to be, any antagonism between the Official and the Unofficial element in this Legislature. All the Members alike can have no other object but to secure the general welfare, and to advance the progress of the Colony. ”

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George Ferguson Bowen, Speech of His Excellency the Governor of the Opening of the Session for 1884 of the Legislative… (1884)

“ As the hitherto existing system by which purchasers of Crown leaseholds have been able to evade their building obligations has led to a considerable area of land in and near the City remaining vacant, directions have been given that, in the future, no purchaser of a Crown allotment shall receive his lease until he shall have complied with the Conditions of the Sale, and expended the specified sum upon proper tenements. ”

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George Ferguson Bowen, Speech of His Excellency the Governor of the Opening of the Session for 1884 of the Legislative… (1884)

“ I have now, Honourable gentlemen, referred to the principal subjects which will be submitted for your consideration during the present Session. Governors and Legislatures should speak by their actions; and it is my confident hope that our united efforts will, by the blessing of Divine Providence, promote the general welfare and prosperity of all races and classes in this Colony. ”

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George Ferguson Bowen, Speech of His Excellency the Governor of the Opening of the Session for 1884 of the Legislative… (1884)

“ In connection with Sanitary Reform, the serious question of increased house accommodation for the population of Victoria is now engaging the attention of my Government. While every succeeding census has revealed a great increase in the population, there has not been a corresponding increase in the number of human habitations. Overcrowding in its worst form has consequently been the result ”

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George Ferguson Bowen, Speech of His Excellency the Governor of the Opening of the Session for 1884 of the Legislative… (1884)

“ These works, which are either in progress or in course of immediate initiation, include, among others, the Reclamation of unhealthy tidal lands at Yau-ma-Ti and Causeway Bay; Extensions and improvements of the existing system of sewers in this city; the construction of a new Central Market; the erection of a permanent Lazaretto on Stone Cutters' Island; the systematic dredging of noxious foreshore along the Praya by means of steam machinery; and the general Sanitation of the villages in the Colony. ”

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George Ferguson Bowen, Speech of His Excellency the Governor of the Opening of the Session for 1884 of the Legislative… (1884)

“ Hongkong is probably the only State or Colony of importance which the present day is not only without a Public Debt, but which possesses invested Assets nearly to its annual revenue. However, the existing Balances will not be sufficient to carry out several Public Works which are urgently required by this Community, in addition to those "strong and complete measures of sanitation" which Mr. ”

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