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ART. 22 Feb.
7th March.
4. Laboucheras, Mr. P.
The Bot. Honble
Governer Sir J. Bowring
28 December, 1857.
Victorios, Hongkong,
5 In closures.
No 184
Received
Year 1858.
of Stonghong for the
Transmitting the Estimates
1824 vong trong
145
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I. Merivale.
These are the Hong Kong Palienates
for 1858. The same letimates for 1857 were
contained in 2541 and I think
your will find it useful to refer to the
Minutes
on that paper and to the
despatch which was written inn avevan Sic Bouring brought the finances of the Colony into embarassment, first by using up the Land Revenue by means of disposing of all the best lands in haste, and then by devoting
that
revenue, as if it were to be perennial,
Public Works. I
to the expense of
Cannot learn that he replied to the despatch of the 27th of April until the receipt of the present despatch.
This exhibits an estimated
expenditure of upwards of £62.600 And an estimated Revenue of
£49.600,