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besides some reduction in the Police Establishment, which,

even

making allowance for

the peculiar circumstances of __

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the case

ď

uw Cestony

especially

we d

Proprial Celinate:

Sin I Dans, however, has

Hony Hony is

now-

exhavaycent.

With these reductions the expenditiae

of Hong Hong, after the

Public buildings

are

completed,

would probably not exceeds its

by above £5000 or

revenue by above

£6000,- and if

increased, as

that "Revcume

may fairly be

expected, the Colony would soon.

be selfsupporting.

In respect to publie

Works the cxpenditure at present

is very heavy, as must always be

the

(

acted generally

in

in an economviedl

spirit in

regard

a to such under.

-takereys - and

dtry

disposition

which he might have to exceed

would be restiuned

the

by

injunction which has been given

him, and should be repeated,

not on

any

-account to exceed

the Parliamentary Vite. In his Despatch of Wittay last

t

he has estiniated the expenditure

for public Works during

current

his

ways

year

and

the

£35,000 and

at

to

meet it

me dur

at