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OF HER MAJESTY'S COLONIAL POSSESSIONS.

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of the survivors have already shown symptoms of the apparently incurable rheumatism Which seems peculiar to China, and which is frequently accompanied by a honeycombed Exostosis on the posterior maxillary bones.

123 A large mess-room having been given up for the use of the school, the deficient accommodation, both for officers and men in the barracks, which was noticed in last annual report, is now felt still more severely. No stables have yet been built at Stanley, Aberdeen, or Shau'-ki-wan, and those in the barracks are badly situated and incommodious.

C. VANDELEUR CREAGH,

Acting Captain Superintendent.

Police Barracks, 25th March, 1870.

(No. 41.)

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hong Kong, April 12, 1870. The following Return of Revenue and Expenditure for 1869, including Receipts and Disbursements on account of the Colony by the Crown agents in England, is published for general information, with the Comparative Statement for the years 1868 and 1869.

By command, (Signed) J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary.

REVENUE and EXPENDITURE of the COLONY of Hong Kong during the Year ended 31st December, 1869.

REVENUE Amount Land Revenue $132,811.69 Rents, exclusive of Lands 50,038.47 Licences: Spirit Retailers 31,500.65 Pawnbrokers 7,700.00 Auctioneers 4,200.00 Tenements for Emigrants 176.05 Emigration Brokers $2,400.00 Billiard Tables and Bowling Alleys 1,275.00 108,060.00 100.00 75.00

EXPENDITURE

Establishments: Amount The Governor 25,553.77 Colonial Secretary 27,312.47 Colonial Treasurer 12,300.30 Auditor-General 12,091.60 Clerk of Councils 1,031.00 Surveyor-General 29,133.05 Master of the Mint 7,433.81 Postmaster-General 35,510.53 Registrar-General Opium Monopoly 14,050.23 Harbour Master $6,709.80 Thanling Brokers 4 Chinese Undertakers Collector of Stamp Revenue 3,880.55 Marriage 70.00 Chief Justice Money Changers 973.00 Marine Store Dealers 28,435.18 Judge of Bankruptcy Jurisdiction Court 2,025.00 30,496.05 Registrar of Companies 192.00 150,517.00 Ecclesiastical 4,050.00 Educational 10,084.81 Stamps -35,812.51 Medical + + Police, Lighting, Water, and Fire 13,157.63 Pensions Brigade Rates Fines, Forfeitures, and Fees of Courts: 178,717.00 271,520.00 01,851.28 * Police 17,050.80 Magistrates Police Gaols 125,050.00 Fire Brigade 10,420.08 10,491.05 * Fines Forfeitures -10,639.70 1,433.14 4,615.29 Total Establishments 149,132.85 10,713.12 Pensions, Retired Allowances, and Gratuities Revenue Services (exclusive of Establishments) 16,623.99 Administration of Justice 2,998.86 Fees of Office: On Cemetery Burials Licences for Junks, &c. 1,236.13 37 Charitable Allowances 871.81 939.00 8,238.00 13 Hospitals (exclusive of Establishments) 11,287.00 ** 7,835.75 ** 50,015.51 Gaols J Registry of Boats 3,073.84 13 22,629.63 Rout » Cargo Boats and Crews -1,357.41 5,150 2# Hawkers 2,516.00 19 Transport 1,601.25 Cargo Boats' Certificates 195.00 * Registration of Householders 2,238.50 Servants, &c. 298.00 Official Signatures $8.00 Registration of Deeds 1,633.50 Shipping Scamen Conveyance of Mails Works and Buildings Roads, Streets, and Bridges Miscellaneous Services Special Expenses Military Contribution 2,190.82 165,145.02 25,011.11 62,240.51 5,000.00 7,113.00 90,819.14 Examination of Masters and Mates G10.00 Colonial Registers 50.00 Merchant Shipping Act GI3.00 Registry of Carriages, Chairs, &c. Registration of Companies Merchant Fees on Examination of Emigrants Sale of Government Property Mint Reimbursements Miscellaneous Receipts Interest Ordinance No. 10, of 1867 Total * Colonial Treasury, Victoria Hong Kong, 8th April, 1870. 1,419.00 108.00 4,707.25 42,020.10 521.75 00.102 71 87,570.48 13,965.09 8,058.08 10,800.10 923,653.01 Total: A. F. ALVES, Accountant, Examined, J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Acting Auditor-General, FRED. FORTH, Colonial Treasurer, 912,850.40 K