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All the occurrences of year having passed under your own observation, it is not that I make the Excellency's necessary customary report on this occasion otherwise than briefly...
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The Population shows increase of nearly 8,000, being 86,941 in 1859 and 94,917 in 1860; while to the Houses a large and to the Boats a considerable addition has been made, being 600 to the former and to the latter 139.
The number of Houses in 1859 was 4,261 and in 1860 4,861; of Boats 3,786 in 1859 and 3,925 in 1860.
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As to Revenue and Expenditure, the returns are for 1859, Revenue £65,225.6.2 Expenditure £66,109.3.9; for 1860, Revenue £94,182.16.3 Expenditure £72,390.12.10 showing an increase of nearly £30,000 on the Revenue against a little over £6,000 increase in the Expenditure.
5. The Shipping exhibits augmentation, but as the past year is concerned with the large Transport Service for the recent Expeditionary Force, it may be well not to frame any decided conclusions on this head.