1841-1886
PAPERS RELATING TO
3.-LOCAL REVENUES.
The Chinese inhabitants contributed in 1886, by voluntary assessment among themselves, to the pay of the district watchmen $2,863.32, and received from the Government a grant in aid of $2,000.00.
4.-ASSETS AND LIABILITIES.
On the 31st December 1886 the liabilities of the Colony exceeded its assets by $191,512.29.
The surplus assets of the preceding four years have been as follows:-
1882 $ 1,148,664.39 1883 1,067,200.52 1884 729,562.02 1885 427,692.425.-PUBLIC Debt.
There was no public debt in 1886.
6.-MILITARY EXPENDITURE.
The military expenditure defrayed by the Colony during the last five years has been as follows:-
1882 $ 109,372.52 1883 111,962.09 1884 114,498.78 1885 117,337.00 1886 124,561.687.-GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS,
New Market.
(a) Houses Nos. 30 to 36 inclusive, Praya Central, were resumed by the Government for building the new Central Market.
Tide-Gauge.
(b) The house for keeping the automatic tide-gauge, which was erected and ready for use in July 1885, was occupied in October 1886 upon the arrival of the tide-gauge and apparatus from England.
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