sum
of money to receive the rent of the shops, in which case
or allow their
they
would miduce Chinese Merchants to make subcriptims.
The Surveyor General pointed out-that- the resolution of Council (vide aupra) clearly- " set forth that the rent-
to
the
be derived from letting of the shops was to general
go
If the
revente
and not to the Po Luing Huk
anybody else.
or
The Colonial Secretary stated
that " it is quite clear that- the rents go into the Treasury in the first mistânce; but should subscriptions not reach the amount required, the Government has the means
of aiding the society.
His Excellency statio
that
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that the rents were included
in the project with a viewv
to diminish its cost-and- that the least intimation
the
that they will be given up would affect injuriously source of private benevolence -
In the same month the
Secretary of State was informed
that the Stome was in course.
construction, that the
2
of houses would consist of floors the ground one for- shops the upper for the stone, that the rents of the shops
go
towards the maintenance of the stome, and that, if the scheme failed, the building could c
would
be converted into Chinicec. houses, and sold.
Rum
At the same time a
of t
8560 was
voted fo
for building
alty.