Governor. No
Cressy 162
Date
1874
zz Novr
Trong Kong
No. 15446.
(Subject.)
Estimates for 1870
321
DESPATCH;
EIVE
C.O.
29 DEC
Ordinance No. 3 of 1879 to apply "a sum not exceeding $703,000 to the Public service of the year 1878"
15170.
Aur? no. 13. Jan 78.
Ans? No. 62. 2 August 78
(4 rs. 10.77—H & S 54419)|
Ipanouits with observations
W. Meade.
(Minutes.)
A
The returns which under standing regulations ought to accompany the estimate did not come with this despatch; but they have since been received with 2105/48, so I have minuted that paper on the General Subject of the Estimates.
As to this despatch I do not think the attack on his predecessor in the 45 Paragraph need be noticed I dare say there may have been some irregularities, but I do not think Sir A. Kennedy was guilty of serious neglect; the Charges upon Revenue during his reign was much incurred