No. 25. Civil
Freaked for
Jury way. My Lord,
Revenue
Aus
...
MAY. 31
1849
278
2) Victoria, Hongkong
19th March, 1849.
I have the honor to forward
the fifth Blue Book of the Colony,
being for
the year 1848.
The Revenue of the last
year
as contrasted with that of 1847, exhibits decreases of £4006, that for 1848 being
only £25,072, whereas it
amounted to £31,078.
1847
An inspection of the Comparative Statements of the last years at Pages 20,
28
and 29, proves that this decrease has been caused: — by the resumption of Land by Government
to the amount
The Right Honorable The Earl Grey,
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