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Harbour and consumed there,

instead of being sent to the

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Contment. But this is encouragement which the opin

Trade have no right to expect.

Assuming

then that an alteraction,

not an abolition, of the Openn Farm is attempted, there seems

no reason to anticipate a total

Coss of Revenue from this source. If the diminution be taken

at

one

half of the whole, it

would still leave £2,000 a your

to the

"Revenue.

year

Beet it appears to me

that probably the easiest and

most satisfactory

vxcommver of

bringing

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beniging the Revenue and expenditure of "Hong Kong to a

reaver adjustment, would be

by reducing the expenditure. The

establishment altogether

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more expensive scole them the : present importance of the Colony would seem to warrant. I

would submit that, locking

to the Salaries granted in- other of the British Colonies, the following reductions night

be made,

fairly ha

whenever

vercomcies should occur. Vijt

Governor F

Chief Justice

Secretary.

Preseret Butive

Salwry Salary.

£ 60000 £4,500 £ 150.

of

3000-2000-1000

1800-1500 - 300

Allorney General – 1500-1200 - 300

£ 3100