declining, whilst the cost of Maintaining the Colony was increasing, and that the expenditure was in excess of the Revenue.
I also found that the Treasury Regulations under which the monthly expenditure is subject to the scrutiny and control of the Governor had not been complied with for some years. On this subject I shall communicate with your Lordship in another Despatch. For the present I need only note the fact that I have experienced real difficulty in restoring the authorized practice and that I have found the Treasury Regulations as efficient to check unnecessary expenditure in Hongkong as they have been in other Colonies.
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declining, whilst the cost of Maintaining the Colony was increasing, and that the expenditure was in excess of the Revenue.
I also found that the Treasury Regulations under which the monthly expenditure is subject to the scrutiny and control of the Governor had not been complied with for some years. On this subject I shall communicate with your Lordship in another Despatch. For the present I need only note the fact that I have experienced real difficulty in restoring the authorized practice and that I have found the Treasury Regulations as efficient to check unnecessary expenditure in Hongkong as they have been in other Colonies.
The Estimate of Revenue, it shows, has been carefully framed and within the limits anticipated for the next few years by the Acting Colonial Treasurer, Mr. May. It has been unanimously approved by the Legislative Council. Mr. Keswick, one of the Unofficial Members, publicly stated that he thought it perfectly safe, and Mr. Zwecker, his colleague, has written to me to the same effect.
Output in HTML as requested:declining, whilst the cost of Maintaining the Colony was increasing, and that the expenditure was in excess of the Revenue.
I also found that the Treasury Regulations under which the monthly expenditure is subject to the scrutiny and control of the Governor had not been complied with for some years. On this subject I shall communicate with your Lordship in another Despatch. For the present I need only note the fact that I have experienced real difficulty in restoring the authorized practice and that I have found the Treasury Regulations as efficient to check unnecessary expenditure in Hongkong as they have been in other Colonies.
The Estimate of Revenue, it shows, has been carefully framed and within the limits anticipated for the next few years by the Acting Colonial Treasurer, Mr. May. It has been unanimously approved by the Legislative Council. Mr. Keswick, one of the Unofficial Members, publicly stated that he thought it perfectly safe, and Mr. Zwecker, his colleague, has written to me to the same effect.