34
1844.5 to
Expenditure and Parliamentary Notes for the years from 1850 inclusive, preventing
1850 to be passed - from
that offer
which it will be
DECIDED
that the
are
Civil Expenses of the Colony
ally decreasing, and that
&
unless the Revenue fallen short of what I anticipate, I hope at no distant period a
that our
no
requirements from England will not exceed from
usually,
£10,000 to £12,000
which considering that Hong Kong affords protection to the whole of the British Commerce connected with
China, is a place of Refuge
for
Merchants in
case
of
Capture with the Chinese Government, and is the abode
of Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary
Chief Superintendent of
Trade paying
duties into Her Majesty's
Exchequer in England to the
amount
of nearly Seven Millions Sterling, ought not I think to be objected to by the Mother Country.
← I have the honor to be,
With the highest respect.
Your Lordships,
Most Obedient
Humble Servant,
Below
MA