CO129-006 - Sir John Davis - 1844 - CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案

in China up

to the date

the satification of the

with the Emperor

ofr Treaty

should be charged to the

account of the expedition, but that from that date the expenditure at Hongkong should be

conducted in the same

manner as

the expenditure

of other balances and should "form the subject of an

annual estimate to

be laid before Parliament. And in

conformity

with

this decision their Lordships have requested me to furnish

an Estimate

of the expense for which it will be necessary to obtain the sanction of

Parliament between the date

of the ratification & the 31 March 1844 together with an Estimate of

the future expense to be

incurred.

In Answer

to this request

I have informed the Lords of the treasury that the Period which had elapsed between the Exchange

the Ratifications and the

date of your last Despatches

was so short that it would

have been impossible for

you up to the present time

to forward any

account

of the expenses actually

incurred, or even to

an Estimate of those which

would be indispensably necessary for the Civil Govt of Hongkong but that I would request you to furnish me with the

inform-

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in China up to the date the satisfaction of the with the Emperor of Treaty should be charged to the account of the expedition, but that from that date the expenditure at Hongkong should be conducted in the same manner as the expenditure of other balances and should "form the subject of an annual estimate to be laid before Parliament. And in conformity with this decision their Lordships have requested me to furnish an Estimate of the expense for which it will be necessary to obtain the sanction of Parliament between the date of the ratification & the 31 March 1844 together with an Estimate of the future expense to be incurred.

In Answer to this request I have informed the Lords of the treasury that the Period which had elapsed between the Exchange of the Ratifications and the date of your last Despatches was so short that it would have been impossible for you up to the present time to forward any account of the expenses actually incurred, or even to an Estimate of those which would be indispensably necessary for the Civil Govt of Hongkong but that I would request you to furnish me with the inform-

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in China up to the date the satification of the with the Emperor of Treaty should be charged to the account of the expedition, but that from that date the expenditure at Hongkong should be conducted in the same manner as the expenditure of other balances and should "form the subject of an annual estimate to be laid before Parliament. And in conformity with this decision their Lordships have requested me to furnish an Estimate of the expense for which it will be necessary to obtain the sanction of Parliament between the date of the ratification & the 31st March 1844 together with an Estimate of the future expense to be incurred.

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in China up to the date the satification of the with the Emperor ofr Treaty should be charged to the account of the expedition, but that from that date the Cexpenditure at Hongkong should be conducted in the same manner as the Compenditure of other botonces and should "form the subject of an anual estimate to be laid before Partt. And in conformity with this decision their Lordships have requested me to femish an Estimate of the expence for which it will be necessary to obtain the sanction of Part between the date of the ratification & the 31st March 1844 together with an Estimate of the future expense to be incurred.

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