I trust this account will tend to confirm the gratifying testimony which I have received through the Foreign Office, from the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury,
with reference to my
"attention to preserving
a due economy in the public expenditure in China."
I fear I cannot predict any material reduction in the Consular Services; but, as regards the Colony, the Revenue will shortly, as soon as the few remaining public works are finished, be within a trifle of the Civil charges, without a single tax on Commerce...
I have the honor to be,
With the highest respect,
Your Lordships'
Most Obedient
Humble Servant,
Dani
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