720.
Magistrate's Office respectively during
Late
12.
period.
In conclusion, My gratification to be able to
the
Lord, it affords
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reasonably expected from a population under 30000 Souls. The Blue Book shows that
the
say that I believe
the Colony is improving in every respect, if
I
be
permitted to judge by the increase to
its inhabitants and by the
as well as
Chinese
houses that have been created during the year,
by
the contentments that appears to me to prevail throughout the entire Native Population, and Europeans generally. The Revenues
of the Colony certainly do not advance as I could desire; nevertheless, I consider that if
Revenue of £23,000 to $25,000
can
annually be raised without the imposition of Taxes either on the Land or on other objects, which would require in their collection an interference with the liberty of the Inhabitants and are expensive and venal crowd of Subordinate officers,
as much as
are in course
of
expences of the Colony. diminution, and your Lordship may confidently rely that whenever proper opportunities offer, I shall not hesitate to take advantage of them with the view of making the Receipts and Disbursements more nearly approximate than they do at present; nevertheless, I would respectfully add that I think, seeing that the Trade of benefits the British Exchequer and Indian Government conjointly to the
extent
of
China
of upwards of Seven Millions --- Sterling, an expenditure on the part of the Mother Country of from £12,000 to £15,000 annually to uphold the Establishment of a Colony, which is the seat of the Superintendent of Trade with whom rests the responsibility of conserving and improving that ...