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PUBLIC

RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

of a

income

considerable increase to the present.. me derived by Government from Leases of Crown Lands. The additional Leases sold during 1845 amount only to about £900 per annum, and raise the whole to something more than £ 13,000. The available ground about the Town of Victoria has been mostly sold; but the future growth of the Colony may

create a demians for

on parcels of ground in the neighbourhood.

While it is satisfactory to report Police: that an effectual check has been put to the vast amount of crime prevalent my first arrival in the Colony, the

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heavy expense of the Police must remain a subject of regret, as long as the peculiar position of this island, within reach, the worst characters from the mainland of China, exposes it to the ingress. of a depraved population. Nothing but constant vigilance

vigilances.

and the occasional exhibition of

severe examples, will continue to life and property that security which they fortunately

nt of.

enjoy at present. The annual amount the Police tax, which at present does not

produce above £ 2000 per annum, will no doubt increase with the growth of nateable property..

A profitable rise of Convict labour has been made during the last ajear in the

construction and repair of Roads, and I trust that the maintenance of the. Prismers will be compensated in this

Within the Town of Victoria,

manner.

and its immediate neighbourhood, their

services are

very available; but much. time is lost, and risk of escape incurred; in their employment at considerable distances from the Rison.

The extremely defective state of

the