1887-1903
PAPERS RELATING TO H.M. COLONIAL POSSESSIONS.
No. 33.
HONG KONG.
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[For previous Reports see 1886 [C.-5239]; 1885 [C.-4904]; 1883 [C.-4193]; 1882 [C.-3794]; 1881 [C.-3642]; 1880 [C.-3208].]
Sir G. W. DES VEUX to Lord Knutsford.
MY LORD,
Government House, Hong Kong,
August 2, 1888,
I HAVE the honour to forward, for your Lordship's information, the Hong Kong Blue Book for 1887, together with the usual report of the chief clerk.
2. I much regret the late date of transmission. The Colonial Secretary's Office has been so pressed with other work as to render earlier completion impracticable.
The Right Hon.
Lord Knutsford, G.C.M.G.
&c.
&c.
&c.
I have, &c
(Signed)
G. W. DES Vœux.
REPORT on the BLUE BOOK and DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS for 1887, presented to the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor.
1.—TAXATION.
There have been no changes under this head,
2.—REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.
The revenue amounted to $2,582,723.81, or excluding premiums from land sales to $1,427,485.79; and the expenditure amounted to $2,023,002.06, including extraordinary works; excluding these, to $1,278,181.68.
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