No.
48.
In any further correspondence on this subject, the above number should be quoted,
and
the communication should be
addressed to
“The Comptroller and Auditor General.”
C.O.
EXCHEQUER AND AUDIT DEPARTMENT,
SOMERSET HOUSE,
LONDON W.C.
17th February, 1897.
Sir,
I am directed by the Comptroller and Auditor General
to transmit to you, for the information of the Secretary of
State, a copy of the Annual Account of the Treasurer of
Hong Kong for the year 1895, to which the certificate of
the Comptroller and Auditor General has been appended,
together with a copy of the Statement of Assets and Lia-
bilities of the Colony on 31st December 1895.
I am at the same time to forward the Report
of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Account,
together with Detailed Statements of Receipts and
Expenditure, and to request that these Statements, being in
original, may be returned.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient servant
Under Secretary of State,
COLONIAL OFFICE.