Executives
166
T247
...
Hongkong
RECEIVED
MAR 7
1860.
Government Offices, Hong Kong, 10th January 1860.
My Lord Duke,
Having carefully considered the question referred to me by Sir Edward Lytton as to the establishment of a fixed civil list for the payment of the public officers of this Colony, I beg to submit the following report on the subject.
2. At present, the whole of the expenditure of the Colony is included in the Annual Estimates.
The Duke of Newcastle,
Downing Street, 9th April 185...
Hongkong, 25 January 1860.
The Duke of Newcastle,
Received...
...
XC.
Conf.
312
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166
T247
...
Hongkong
RECEIVED
MAR 7
1860.
Government Offices, Hong Kong, 10th January 1860.
My Lord Duke,
Having carefully considered the question referred to me by Sir Edward Lytton as to the establishment of a fixed civil list for the payment of the public officers of this Colony, I beg to submit the following report on the subject.
2. At present, the whole of the expenditure of the Colony is included in the Annual Estimates.
The Duke of Newcastle,
Downing Street, 9th April 185...
Hongkong, 25 January 1860.
The Duke of Newcastle,
Received...
...
XC.
Conf.
312