very great, and judging from various items which are known, I estimate that the total must have very nearly reached, if it did not exceed, $250,000.
8. Though the only visible result remaining from this large expenditure will be the statue to be erected of Her Majesty and the handsome drinking fountains presented by Mr Dorabjee Nowrojee, a wealthy Parsee Merchant, I do not at all agree with those who regard the money otherwise expended as wasted. By this evident, though evanescent, manifestation, the loyalty to Her Majesty's Throne and person of the people of Hongkong will become known throughout a large portion of the most populous provinces of China, and there will thus be sensibly increased the mutual good feeling between China