Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
year for in consequence of the accounts rendered at the conclusion of the March quarter containing the disbursements of the quarter ending December it, it was impossible till they had been sent in to prepare an accurate statement of the expenditure and receipts of the Colony up to the end of the year.
As regards the accounts of the year previous to the 10th of May, it has been found impossible to classify them as required, the necessary documents for that purpose not having been left by Mittweart in the Treasury.
I have also to remark that, owing to the pressure of important work in the Land Office, the returns