this indebtedness has
& already
been wiped off from available balances, and the remainder of it,
as well as the debt to the
on
"fund of $109.971.71.
account of expenditure in 1892, will be similarly discharged as opportunity offers. But I have thought
it well in the meanwhile
to place Your Lordship in possession of the above ciroumstances, especially
in
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in view of the fact that the question of the amount of the Hongkong Military
Contribution is now under.
reconsideration, or will
shortly be reconsidered. As bearing
that question it
on
is of importance that it should be known that the real deficit of 1892 was #215,875.60, and not $105,903,89
as
o might be gathered from the statement of revenue
and
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