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this basament and in adjoining out-houses. The ground
floor consists of the public reception rooms, viz.:-
dining, and drawing rooms, Governor's and Aide-de-Camp's
offices, ball room, billiard room and ladies' cloak room.
The first floorcontains (besides dressing-rooms) 3 rooms
occupied by the Governor, Private Secretary and Aide-de-
-Camp and 3 spare-rooms used by guests, with a small
sitting room used as a Boudoir.
5.
I am aware that the sum set apart
from the Governor's emoluments as an Entertainment Allow-
-ance need not necessarily be sufficient to cover the cost
of entertainment, and as a matter of fact I believe that
if the Governor entertains in a manner suitable to a
Colony such as Hongkong, and affords the hospitality of
Government House to the very large number of distinguished
visitors who pass through some of whom bring letters of
introduction either from His Majesty's Ambassador at
Wasington or Tokio, Wagington
&C.
the entertainment allowance by
no means cover the expenses, more especially of recent
years when the price of food-stuffs &c. 1
has arisen very
greatly, and duties (from which the Governor is not exempt)
have been imposed on liquors. When time permits I shall
be able to ascertain more precisely how far the entertain-
-ment