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The Chinese inhabitants contribute, by a voluntary assessment among themselves, to the pay of District Watchmen. They contributed for the year 1907...
..$24,058.39.
The Governor appoints to the office of Watchmen such fit persons as he may consider to be sufficiently recommended by the inhabitants of any District, under the provisions of Ordinance 3 of 1888.
PUBLIC DEBT.
Inscribed Stock at 3% interest. £341,799. 15s. 1d. for Praya Reclamation ; Central Market; Water, Drainage and Sewerage Works, &c., to be paid off on 15th April, 1943.
Inscribed Stock at 3% interest (Loan to Viceroy of Wuchang) £1.143,933. 1s. 4. (Amount repaid by Viceroy at credit of Special Account £220,000, which has been advanced therefrom for Railway Construction.)
The amount paid into the Joint Sinking Fund with accrued interest reached £61,813. 48. 47, on the 31st of December, 1907.
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Note. This includes the sum of £14.352, Sa, 17. suplus of Interest paid by the Viceroy in the loan of £1,100,000
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