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Enclosure 5.

The Secretary to the Government of India to the

Sir,

Governor of the Straits' Settlements.

Fort William, May 6, 1859. I AM directed by the Governor-General in Council to forward to you an extract (pars. 3 to 10) of a despatch from the Secretary of State for India on the subject of disconnecting the adminis- tration of the Straits Settlements from the Government of India, and I am to request that you will be good enough to furnish as soon as possible such information as may enable his Excellency in Council to reply to this despatch, particularly in reference to the two points respect- ing which inquiry is made in the 8th and 9th paragraphs.

2. It will be convenient if your reply is accom- panied by statements containing the information called for in the 10th paragraph of the despatch, but except as regards the strength and description of the military and naval forces deemed necessary for the protection of the Settlements, it is not desired that your answer should be delayed for the preparation of these statements, as it is probable that information on the other points is already on record in Calcutta.

I have, &c.

(Signed)

Enclosure 4.

W.

GREY.

Extract from the Proceedings of the Government of India in the Financial Department, dated May 31, 1859.

Read the undermentioned papers relative to the financial position of the Straits' Settlements.

Statement of Receipts and Disbursements of the Straits' Settlements for 1856-57 and 1857-58.

Abstracts of ditto with Profit and Loss State-

ment.

Financial Office Memorandum, No. 8,266, dated April 30, 1859, requesting the Secretary to this Government in the Home Department to forward for reference the Memorial received from the Secretary of State for India in favour of the trans-

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fer of the Straits' Settlements to the direct Govern- ment of the Crown.

Home Office Memorandum, No. 888, dated 2nd instant, forwarding a political despatch from the Secretary of State on the subject, and stating that no memorial accompanied it.

Extract from the Secretary's note on the subject, pars. 6 to 11, containing remarks on the financial results shown in the 16th paragraph

of the précis annexed to the despatch of the Secretary of State above referred to, and the results shown in the Accountant-General's statements.

Ordered that the above-mentioned statements

of receipts and disbursements received from the Accountant-General to the Government of India, together with an extract from the Secretary's note on the subject, pars. 6 to 11, be sent to the Home Department for further consideration, with a view to a clear reply being given to the financial part of the Secretary of State's Political Despatch, No. 7, of 1859, dated March 1.

Enclosure 5.

Extract (Pars. 6 to 11) from the Secretary's note dated the 19th May, 1859, on the financial position of the Straits' Settlements.

6. An attempt was made in the Accountant General's Office to check the results shown by Lord Stanley in the 16th paragraph of the précis above referred to; but as the receipts and charges are given therein in a lump, without any details, it was found impossible to arrive at the deficit in 1855-56 (Rs. 1,05,404)* shown by his Lordship. The Accountant General makes the deficit in that year Rs. 2,41,591.†

• Revenues Charges

1855-56.

Ra.

10,81,873

13,18,788

Deficit

1,61,806

Deduct sost of Chinese and Indian Convicts

Net Dellort in 1865-56

1,76,481

1,06,404

1965-56

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Re. 10,00,987

Dednot Chril Charges, nos inalading

Convict Charges Military Charges ....

7,68,099

18,08,876

1,41,501

Dulcis