CO129-041 - Public Offices - 1852 — Page 129

for

Vote might be taken in round numbers

thus reducting only

€12.000,

4500.

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But the your has now reported that a Debtors Prison will be wanted which will need the Expenditure of the above balance.

Probably the finest way in order that Parliament may have a fool

have a full view of the case will be to add £2.500 to the head of Public on the one hand, and to the Estimated

on the other.

Worlas

Grevesme

Will to the Governor - inforon him of the course to be taken and apprice

the Treasury?

7.7.1174

JP!! 9.12

Str. Ettist

there

467/52.

Expenditure

• think that the Resinny is right. In No 70 of 25 oct : the your seat home ho estionales of Revenue & showing a defficiency of £12.500 to provided for by Parliament. It the 27th of Oct that would be be balance in hand of £2500 but that be thought it too precarious and too schely to be demanded for some sonforeseen Expendi to be taken into said ou

account.

Lord Fres

agreed,

and said.

but

10461my.Kr.

Sir C. Trevelyan

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DJ

8. Jet 7 1852.

In answer to you

M.Whist 13 Joby letter of the 3

M. Merivale

W. Feel 13

prez

Garl grey 14

D nuotant

respecting the rewr

Debtors Prison require at Hong Kong, Jan.

directed by Earl frez to acquaint you that

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Vote of £12.570 will accordingly be submitted to Parliment for the service of this Colony as suggested

in