1858-12-08 · 香港
自1858年12月8日起,立法局首次就港府財政預算進行表決並獲通過,此後遂成慣例,公共開支的控制權亦開始落入立法機關手中。
From 8 December 1858, the Legislative Council for the first time voted on and passed the Hong Kong government's budget, which thereafter became the established practice, and control over public expenditure began to pass into the hands of the legislature.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》(公元前 5000 年至 2017 年,共 6,500 多條大事)(香港地方志中心) · p.146