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According to Sir R. Robinson,
: the Revenue for 1863 cannot be
Calculated upon as
being
more
than £105,000- that is he deducts
the estimated sum of £15,000 for
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Premiums
adds
says
on
Sales
of
Land - and
£2000 for Postage. And he
"I am not aware that any
"Sales of Land have taken place
" or are likely to take place, as
since
the date
of the preparation
" of the Estimates the Surveyor
"General has reported the sale of
"the last lot within reasonable
"distance from Victoria
" Hong Kong side of the Harbour,
on
the
to have taken place- so that
No
〃
to receipts under the head Premiums.
Can be anticipated this
year
"
His Despatch sending home the Estimates, is dated the 17th
July
1862, and in
is included a
that of the Revenue.
sum of £15,000 for
premiums. That Estimate
no doubt prepared, as it ought
to have been, after consultation with the Surveyor General, when ought to have been able to have informed the Governor what Amount might
be
calculated
upon under this head for the
And it is impossible
year
1863-
to suppose that even
at the
time
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