Hongkong Account of the Honorable W. F. Mercer, Esquire,
received and paid
on account of the Colonial Government, Her
during the year from first April, 1848 to the
Fiscal.
Year from
1st April, 1848 to 31 March, 1849.
Colonial Treasurer of Hongkong, in respect of all Monies Majesty's Diplomatic Department and consulates in China.
thirty-first March, One thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.
Salaries.
Fixed Establishments.
Provisional and temporary
Establishments.
24472 11 3 6666 19 11
Allowances.
Office
Contingencies.
42
Total
-3067 -11 - 64 4022 8
11847 2 64 182556 240 72 58188 30938 1380 16
24,472 11 3|6666 19 11 46 176 1030 42 32,216 12 165
Pensions, Retired Allowances and Gratuities.
Revenue Services, exclusive of Establishments.
Administration of Justice,
Charitable Allowance of Establishments.
Education, exclusive
Hospitals.
Works and Buildings.
Police and Jails,
Transport.
Roads, Streets and Bridges.
Miscellaneous Services...
Special Services.
205 153 16 179.159
100
6815
301
5
16479 85919
257 10 11888 2
2476146
390
16
4
4514
Balance on 1st April 1848. Public Monies. £ 954
£.954 - 17.3
Deposits.
Receipts.
Land Revenue.
Rent exclusive of Land.
Auction Duty.
Licenses.
Taxes.
Fine! Forfeitures, and Fees
of courts.
Fees of Offices..
102516
Sale
Government Property;
incurred.
Special Receipts.
Reimbursement in aid of payment.
Miscellaneous Receipts.
Total Colonial Revenue.
474
Expenses
272
368 35649
26,337
3
Parliamentary
Grants.
Consular Services.
Deposits available.
Deposits not available.
50000
20 12 114 163125 7476532
Superintendent of Trade
Consular Services..
Deposits available.
Deposits not available. Balance on the 31st March, 1849.
Total Colonial Expenditure: 50,791 12 2½
16ź 232301 102
5211
4
18.019
219034
8,185 7 7 2 10,375 | 10 | 113 |
Public Monies. Deposits..
368112
2,358 9 22 6039 10 4
stg: — 90,436 15 5¼
Deposit not available, transferred
as a
Loan to be applied.
for Public purposes.
949210
L. stg.
90,436 15 5¼
I, William Thomas Mercer, do solemnly and sincerely
declare that the foregoing
as Colonial Treasurer of Hongkong, from the 1st April, 1848, to the
31st March, 1849, and I make this solemn declaration, conscientiously
believing the same to be correct. Declared and subscribed before
me this day, the seventh of April, 1849. (Signed) Charles J. F. Stuart.
J. P.
is a true and correct statement of my
account
(signed). W.T. Mercer.
True Copy.
Mainland
Colonial Secretary.