Wongting, 20 March - 12 July 1872
Acting Auditor General (Mr. Cecil Smith)
Special Fund Account:
Statements of receipts and expenditure from July, 1871, to 30th June, 1872.
Mr. Herbert. 20. Mr. Hugessen. Lord Kimberley.
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Enclosure in Governor Sir Arthur Kennedy's Despatch No. 98 of 13 August, 1872.
Hongkong
MINUTE.
Mr. Roundell.
Mr. Meade.
Mr. Holland.
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 78 of the 13th August containing two half-yearly Statements of the Special Fund, intimating that a sum might be remitted for the Police Force, & that the carpenter's work should be charged to the Special Fund.
The Colony derived large assistance last year from this fund, as all the expenses connected...