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of the Ways and Means
by which provision is to be made for that expenditure
To this is to be added
A recapitulation of the actual
compared with the anticipated results of
the Financial operations of the year which has just elapsed,
The which should then be published for the information of all whom it concerns and the Estimate voted
by the Legislature should be adhered to by the Govt with the utmost attainable exactness
in the administration of the Finances for the year
which that Estimate applies
20. It is necessary that you should be distinctly apprised
that H.M.'s Govt. Expect that the local Revenue will be adequate to defray the charge
of the local Establishment and all the other Expences
of the Govt. of Hong Kong Expens
Experience empowers us, not only that it is practicable, but that if the Settlement is supported by drafts
on the English Treasury, the expenditure