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3.-LOCAL REVENUES..
The Chinese inhabitants contributed in 1885, by voluntary assessment among themselves, to the pay of the district watchman $2,778.57, and received from the Government a grant in aid of $2,000.00.
4.-ASSETS and LIABILITIES.
On the 31st December, 1885, the assets of the Colony exceeded its liabilities by $427,692.42.
The surplus assets of the preceding four years have been as follows:-
1882 $ 663,710.24 1883 1,148,664.39 1884 1,067,200.52 1891 72,562.025.-PUBLIC DEBT.
There was no public debt in 1885.
6.—MILITARY EXPENDITURE.
The military expenditure defrayed by the Colony during the last five years has been as follows:-
1881 $ 108,605.17 1882 109,372.52 1883 111,962.09 1884 114,498.78 1885 111,337.007.-GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS.
Hospital Superintendent's House.
(a.) The new house for the Superintendent of the Government Civil Hospital was completed in 1885, and the Superintendent entered into occupation from October.
Lunatic Asylum.
(b.) The new Lunatic Asylum was completed and ready for occupation in January.