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Table shewing the Financial State of the Colony of Hongkong, its Population and Shipping, from 1844 to 1856, compiled from the respective Blue Books and other Official Records in the Colonial Secretary's Office.

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Governors Years Revenue Parliamentary Grant Expenditure Sources of Expenditure Population Shipping Sir John Davis 1844 £53,112 69% £9,684 1264% £39,571 242 81 £19,463 348 10,366 14 1845 £63,947 08 £60,351 98% £4,515 8 1846 £62,078 17 0% £23,748 384 £50,959 159 £3,695 11 1847 £21,836 387 £11,119 12% £23,872 694 £23,748 384 229,465 Total £89,902 18 47 £146,900 Sir George Bonham 1848 £25,091 £22,475 14 74 £36,726 1849 £25,000 £23,617 33 1850 £23,566 16 47% £20,000 1851 £23,721 764 £15,500 1852 £21,331 8/4 £19,000 1853 £24,700 63% £9,200 Total £141,988 15 1/4 £106,700 Ancrage £23,664 15 16 £17,786 6 8 John Bowring 1854 £27,145 3 5 £4,400 1855 £47,973 11 174 Total £75,118 11 6 £4,400 Average £37,509 7 3/4 £2,200

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£236,802 18 11% £227,939 11 9p £10,366 14 £334 19 £19,231 1 11 £59,200 14 7/4 £56,984 17 14 £2,591 13 £634 4 £4,807 10 27 £22,229 £50,091 19 117 £67,668 157 £62,658 157 £12,566 £448,617 3 $ £38,986 167 £48,526 16 471 £34,314 12 3 £39,221 7 64 £34,115 76 £33,331 18% £34,765 19 £33,900 63% £36,418 12 £7,434 11 1/4 £2,518 59 £248,688 16 1/4 £241,259 1 8% £7,631 £440 £149,695 £21,514 £700 £228,818 £29,507 £902 £203,465 £9,212 44194 £33,292 £33,292 £883 £299,000 £5,1063 £044 £32,988 £1,08% £377,884 £37,058 £1,097 £443,383 £39,017 £1,103 14 £447,153 £10,519 £12 54 £23,949 £5 10% £193,371 £5,767 £2,188,812 £41,448 £- 6 £40,209 £16 14% £2,763 5 4 £3,991 10 11 £32,228 961 £31,4453 £574 £348,135 £34,635 £01 £47,973 £11 174 £40,813 11 2 £3,189 £16 £734 £79,418 £14 6775 £448 £11 3 £3,189 16 774 £56,111 £1,100 £443,354 £7,159 £19 114 £72,925 £1,736 604,570 £7,159 £19 114 £128,936 £2,836 £1,047,924 £128,936 £2,836 £39,709 £7 3/4 £37,784 £59741 £594 £18 344 £3,579 19 1 £64,468 £1,418 £573,962

Recapitulation of the Septennial State of the Colony under the Administrations of Sir Henry Pottinger, Sir John Davis, Sir George Bonham, and Sir John Bowring.

Governors Years Total Revenue Parliamentary Grant Total Expenditure Sources of Income Total Excess of Income Sir John Davis 1844 to 1847 £89,909 18 4 £146,900 Sir George Bonham 1848 to 1853 £141,988 16-1/4 £106,700 Sir John Bowring 1854/18nd 1855 £75,018 10 64 £236,802 184% £227,989 1974 £8,863 674 £248,988 15 1/4 £24412591 £874 7,429 £13 11,400 £79,418116775 £4181133,970

Grand Total Excess of Revenue on the 1st January 1856 £20,262

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 20th April, 1856.

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