reached me on the 5th ultimo, since which date I have been so fully occupied that it has been only at uncertain intervals that I have found time to make the customary review of the affairs of the colony during the past year.
3. In 1858 the Revenue amounted to £63,721. 8. 5¼, while in 1859 it reached £65,225. 2. 2¼; the increase or decrease in the several items is generally incidental, and in no case large, and the main increase may be attributed to the Fees under Ordinance Nr. 12 of 1857, which had not in 1858 been accounted for, an omission which occurred in my absence in England as I was unable to explain.
4. The Expenditure, which in 1858 was £63,582. 4. 10¼, was £66,109. 3. 9¼ in 1859 - This is shown chiefly in the purchase of a Building for a Civil Hospital, and the temporary addition to the Police Force during the last summer.
5. A considerable augmentation of the Population is shown, to the extent of 11,413 being the difference between 75,508 last year and 86,941 in 1859. On this head I must repeat what I said in my Report and express my opinion that the Population of Hongkong...