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the Straits, the value of the labour which they have given being fully equal to the expense of their main- tenance. The charge, on account of convicts, has averaged during the last five years very nearly two lacs of rupees, and if this be assumed as the sum required by the Settlement for expenditure on public works, over and above the sum already shown under the head of Public Works, the total deficit will stand at Rs. 4,72,099, or say five lacs.
17. But it must not be overlooked that the revenues of the Settlement have been steadily in- oreasing, and that while the receipts have risen, from Rs. 8,73,692 in 1854-55 to Rs. 18,23,368 in 1858-59, being an increase of 61 per cent. in four years, the disbursements for civil charges (not including the cost of the foreign convicts) have in the same interval risen from Ra 7,22,107 to Rs. 8,24,913, being an increase of 14 per cent. only.
18. As there is no reason why the civil charges of the Settlement should be further increased, it may fairly be anticipated that if peace should happily be maintained between England and the Great European Powers, the revenues of the Straita' Settlements will, in no very long time, equal their full charges, military as well as civil. But, even if it prove otherwise, and if it should be necessary for England to make some sacrifice in this respect, I hold a clear opinion that it ought be made in justice alike to the Settlements and to India.
(Signed) CANNING.
Camp, Poora, November 7, 1859.
I concur.
November 19, 1869.
(Signed) J. OUTRAM.
I also concur.
(Signed) November 14, 1859.
H. B. HARINGTON.
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1859.
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