Extunate for 1848/47 was based", and distinctly recognized the existence and available nature of surplus. But ther Hve 17th December 1867 upon the? Letter from the Audit Office Dated 30th November above alluded to, and on the 13 March 1848, Letters were addressed by the Lords Commissioners. Ey view and to this Department ticking the contrary cantioning Earl Grey against the supposition that the surplus accruing since the 31 March 1845 was in reality available as heretofore supplied for current purposes, - inasmuch as it was required to make good the previous deficiency.
"Those two communications - one of which enclosed the Letter from the Audit Office - did not, however, appear to warrant this Department when the Parliamentary Estimate came to be prepared in disallowing the fact of available surplus which had been so formally, repeatedly and recently recognized by the Treasury, by this Department, and by the Governor of Hong Kong - although there was a great discrepancy in