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the 20th last March attention to the fact Government that the Polong seaw fast verging paint when there would be neither cash in the Treasury nor funds in the hands of the Crown Agents.
11. That promise is at the moment the local Treasury deriving a large portion of its funds from the judicial deposits entrusted to it lately of the Government, whilst aug shere Avan a..... balamer against the Colony in the Books of the Crown Agents.
Now I am mere to Suretory of Stati on 3 AwaN of no plaasschere the interest of the Public and to the advantage of the general livings of the Colony that the expenditure on works calculated to render the principal city a healthy and desirable residence should be maintained. It is the most effective means for rendering Hongkong a suitable and habitable centre in these seas of Commerce.
Therefore I distinctly declared my reluctance to forego expenditures, which, having been desirable elsewhere, seemed here an absolute necessity. In that view, I found myself supported by the general feeling of the Community, and as at the time I stated that, whilst increased taxation seemed inevitable, I know no form less objectionable than a Stamp Act, and proceeded to give my opinion in favor of that.
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