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3:
Government
may satisfaction in the
ace Owne
Progress
For much
fri
I should remark on
that the
subject of
Colony has continued to runke
during the part year,
in spite of
Commercial deuression and other
rifficulties..
I have little to add to Mr Alexander's remarks mind shall
only notice specially the completion of the Water-scheme as riginally contemplated; the introduction of bas to this sart the hast on a large scale, and with
of
مة
perfect success; the settlement, I hope, of the vexed Kowloon question;
斥 the circulation of the much wanted
suritiary Currency, and the
commencerucut of the Houghong Mint.
the
Porulation and the acting
Colonial Secretary's commuant thereon that, while I quite
that
with him agree we can only here arrive at
adbroximate results, the alrarent decrease is to be accounted for otherwise than as he puts it. -
Being in charge of my own office at the beginning of the year when the Registrar Several's Returns were sent in, I had several communications with that
Ffficer
on the subject of the decrease show... His explanation was that his predecessors had allowed too large a margin under certain head, and
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