CO129-023 - Sir John Davis - 1848 [1-3] — Page 157

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Synopsis. This No I allows in full, that is all but £200. to make the numbers round.). No II cuts it down to £20,000, because I did not understand Sir John Davis to mean that the whole of his Estimate of £24,000 has to be defrayed out of the new vote, it having been explained to him that there was a Surplus of old votes applicable to the Kowloon. It was a ground of complaint against him, that he did not give any account of the surplus in question, and left us to guess at the real state of it, and consequently at the actual amount of additional means required... under the head of public works. The reasons which led me to suppose £20,000 would be about the mark are stated in my report of the 6 December page J.

The average expenditure of recent years for Public Works, is much under this sum, and there was every reason to believe that a larger Vote of more than £20,000 for Public Works would only have added to the accumulation of cash balance, already unnecessarily large.

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Synopsis. This No I allows in full, that is all but £200. to make the numbers round.). No II cuts it down to £20,000, because I did not understand Sir John Davis to mean that the whole of his Estimate of £24,000 has to be defrayed out of the new vote, it having been explained to him that there was a Surplus of old votes applicable to the Kowloon. It was a ground of complaint against him, that he did not give any account of the surplus in question, and left us to guess at the real state of it, and consequently at the actual amount of additional means required... under the head of public works. The reasons which led me to suppose £20,000 would be about the mark are stated in my report of the 6 December page J. The average expenditure of recent years for Public Works, is much under this sum, and there was every reason to believe that a larger Vote of more than £20,000 for Public Works would only have added to the accumulation of cash balance, already unnecessarily large.
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18 19 154 Synoce. This No I allows in full, la ter that is all but £200. to make the numbers round.). No II cuts it down to £20.000, because, I did not understand Si John Davis to mean that the - hole of his Estimate of £24,000, out has to be defrayed out of the new vote, it having been explained him that there was a Surplus of old votes applicable to the Kompose. It was a ground. of complaint against him, that he did not give it any recount of the surplus in question, and left to quest at the real real state of it, and consequently at the actual amount of additional mean required... under the head of public works . The Wasons which led une to suppose # 20,000 would be about the mark are stated in my report of the 6 December page J. The average cxpenditure of recent years afor Public Works, is much under this. Sum, and there was every to believe that a reason Vote of more Works would than £20000 for Publiciteta konala only have added to the accomutation of bash balance, already . unecessauly .r. laage
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19

154

Synoce. This No I allows in full,

la ter

that is

all but £200. to

make the numbers round.). No II cuts it down to £20.000, because, I did not understand Si John Davis to mean that the

- hole of his Estimate of £24,000,

out

has to be defrayed

out of the new vote, it having been explained

him that there was

a

Surplus

of old votes applicable to the Kompose. It

was

a ground.

of

complaint against him, that

he did not give it any recount of the surplus in question,

and left

to

quest

at the

real

real state of it, and consequently

at the actual amount of

additional

mean

required...

under

the head of public works . The

Wasons

which led

une

to suppose

# 20,000 would be about the mark

are stated in

my report of the 6 December page J.

The average

cxpenditure of recent years afor

Public Works, is much under this. Sum, and there was every

to believe that

a

reason

Vote of more

Works would

than £20000 for Publiciteta konala

only

have added to the accomutation

of bash balance, already .

unecessauly

.r.

laage

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