CO129-195 - Governor Hennessy - 1881 [1-4]

SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES-HONGKONG, 1880.

STATEMENT OF THE ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF THE COLONY OF HONGKONG, ON THE 31ST DECEMBER, 1880.

ASSETS.

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LIABILITIES.

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SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES-HONGKONG, 1880.

Votes in excess of the Estimates for 1880, to be included in the Supplementary Appropriation Ordinance, 1880.

ESTABLISHMENTS.

COLONIAL SECRETARY -

Salary of the Student Interpreter (Mr. LOCKHART), from 2nd October to 17th November, at $50 per month; and from 18th November to 31st December, 1879, at $100 per month,......

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AMOUNT SANCTIONED BY THE COUNCIL. ACTUAL EXCESS. $ 220.05

Monies deposited in Banks at interest,

Silver Currency,..

Do.

Copper Currency,

300,000.00 Loan from Special Fund, for Lighthouses, 8,800.00 do. for Praya Works, 4,500.00 32,000.00 234,104.95

Allowance for Chinese Teacher, November and December, 1879, at $14 per month...

28.00

266,104.95

Rent for Quarters, from 18th November to 31st December, at $45 per month,

64.50

Balance in Bank at Current Account, 136,486.92 Deposits not available, 55,087.84 312,55 Arrears,..... South Australia 4% Debenture of £12,400, Balance in hands of Crown Agents, Balance due by Government of India,... Advances and other sums to be recovered, Revenue in Arrears, 504,786.92 61,188.01 64,095.93 92.18

Refund of Taxes, for void Houses,

Post Offices, London, &c.,

2,775.87

Salary for 11 months of 1880, at $100 per month,

1,100.00

3,804.80

Special Fund--Amount included in our balance with Crown Agents,

Allowance for Chinese Teacher, 11 months, at $14 per month, 154.00 Rent for 11 months, at $45 per month, 495,00 392.93 Pensions due to Civil Officers, 3,712.08 Do. 3,284.19 to ex-Police Constables,.. Officers' Remittances not yet paid,.. 2,061.55 Deduct-Amount estimated for 1 Cadet in England,.. 480.00 2,500.00 1,581.55 1,194.20 64,895.74

Military Contribution,, .

Expenditure in Arrears,

27,118.64 Actual Excess,.. 60,000.00

COLONIAL TREASURER :--

Total Liabilities,... $ 422,890.81 Balance to the Credit of the Colony....$ 275,652.16

Extra pay to the 2nd Shroff, for collecting Civil Hospital Bills, $10 per month, from 22nd January, 1880,

103.22

Actual Excess,

TOTAL ASSETS, . . . $ 608,342.97 ΤΟΥΛΙ, ..$ 698,342,97

POSTMASTER GENERAL :-

Contingencies:-Manufacturing Postage Dies and Plates of 5 and 10 cents, and proportional Insurance, &c., $ 1,478.24 Dies, Post Card Forms, and Post Cards, 1,270.67 Date Plugs, &c., 24.65 Actual Excess, ------- 2,773.56 $ 498.45 84.68 2.772.95 119

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