E. & A. Dept., Form No. 15
HONG
1894.
KONG
139
Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Account of
Receipts and Expenditure of the Treasurer of HONG KONG for the year 1894.
Sterling at 2s 2d
per Exchange for December Qtr 1895
Financial position of the Colony.
£230,702
1.
The Revenue for the year 1894 amounted to
$2,129,553, or, inclusive of Land Sales and Water
£246,841
Account, to $2,278,528.
The Expenditure during the same period was
£249,069
£2,228
£153,827
$2,299,096, and thus exceeded the Revenue by
$20,568.
The Statement of Assets and Liabilities at
the close of the year showed an excess of Assets over
Liabilities of $1,419,938.
With regard to the above figures it should,
however, be explained that those relating to Revenue, as
also the balance of the Statement of Assets and
Liabilities