a hover of favarcting to Your Callevey Statement showing the amount of Reconne olliched quarterly in the Colony from July 1841 to 31st March 1844 amounting altogether to £2789.15.8/4. On the 14th May I also transmitted to Your Crobleway a statement of the Land sales in Hongkong showing approximatively the amount to be expected annually as a source of Revenue. With a hausmmitted on! Harbour this new of ending Your Excellency important subjet, I transmitted to you the 17th May a Monthly abstract of the shipping which entered the Harbour of Hongkong from April 1841 to December 1845 together with a Memorandum of the dues levied on shipping in other posts of the British Empire, and I had the honour of submitting to Your Excellency a proposition for the levy of Tonnage duty on shipping in this Colony. When I Conserge city, in this subnuthing Hery
N.B. 307 the annual receipts of the Colony might be static ces as follows: Rent of five Markets £530, Fines and fees about £350, Land rents about £5,000, Total £5,880. By the levy of a Tonnage duty of 6d on above tons of shipping, about £1,2350 a year might probably be raised making total annual revenue of £7,150. The annual expenditure, showing a largely increase of Expenditure over revenue to the amount of £2,870. To provide funds for at least a portion of this large excess of expenditure, must be a desirable object. I venture therefore to submit to Your Excellency some remarks on the possibility of enabling the Colony to defray its Colonial expenses.
According to the accompanying Cum... Cert. a recrime of expouses. bayern in April 1844, which has been furnished by Mr Gothoff, the Chinese Secretary...
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hover of favarcting to Your Callevey Statement showing the amount of Reconne olliched quarterly in the Colony from July 1841 k 31o March 1844 amounting altregth le culy £2789.15.8/4 Ore the 14th. May
Talso bransmitted to Your Crobleway a statement the Laud sales in Mongkong showing
of the
approximatively
the amount to be expected
inmunally as a source
of Revenue With a
hausmmitted
ow!
Harbour
this
new of ending Your Excellency important subjet, I taunentted to you the 17th May a Marthly abstrait of the shipping which entered the Monbom of Nongkong from Anquil 1841 to December 1845 togethin with a Memorandur of the cues levied on shipping in other posts of the British Empire, and I had the houer of
k Your Goblency a proposition for the lary he Timilt the propositur be adopted Colony. When 171 Conserge city, in this
subnuthing
Hery
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Ney. B.
307
the ammat receipts of the Colorry might be
static ces
C
pence.
ton
follows Kent of tive Markets
of
Fines and fees about Land rents about
£530
350 5,000 Total £5,880
By the levy of a Innage duty of (6) ne
"on soove tous of shipping, about £12350 aapa might jerobably be misil making Ital annual revenue of £7.150 the mat. B50000 Anment Annual exporditure, showing & apaily incriate of Expenditure
Sovie
over revenue to the amou
A of £h 2.870
Je provide funds for at bart a portione
exces
this large craps of expenditure, must be a deniable object I venture therefore to submit to Your Exeelbuey some remerkes on the posibility of raining to mable the Colony to defray ito Corl
According to the accompanying Cums
Cert.
a recrime
expouses.
bayern in April 1944, which has been frommshed by Mr Gothoff. the Chinese heulary,
Me
M2
and
which
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