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On the whole I have been well satisfied with the manner in which the dead and other Watchmen have conducted themselves - while I have been in charge of this Office...
I enclose a statement of the amounts collected and paid away during the past year of the Watchmen.. It will be seen on behalf that there was a deficiency of $... in the 2nd quarter which was made up by the "Chinese Community". They also paid $74 for the purchase of uniforms for the Corpo..
In the last quarter there is a deficiency of $75.00 which has not yet been paid.. There is thus on the whole a deficiency for the year of $209?. I reduced the expenses by $172 when I came to the Office but the amount of the subscription from Gambling Houses caused an unavoidable falling off in the amounts collected for this purpose.
I have been requested on behalf of the Chinese Community to petition the Government to increase the grant allowed by the Government so as to cover the deficit for the present year, and to pay off the ...