CO129-049 - Sir Bowring and Lieut Governor Caine - 1855 [1-4] — Page 299

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16.

Treasury dated 6. Oecember 1848, from which you

will perceive

that the Accounts

up

to the

3727 March 1848 avere closed and

Also, that from

3pt of

the

and after March 1848 any futures casual surplus of Funds which may be derived from

from either

the

annual Particumentary Votes, be considered available for

may

the succeeding

Suveerding year,

and be included

such in the estimated

Werys

and Means of the Seal Severnment. I beg to derwork that: the lurge

increases in the Devtume could. not be reprcted at the time (in the middle of the year 1855) when the Estimates for

for 185117 frepared, and

155 avere

if it was not for

the improved teema, aboifty

chiefly

consequent. the disturbed state

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of China in general, the adjoining Invince in particular, the Gwener -mont avould be without any

Surplus- fund, and he won

mable to excente

FACEL

save

of the

I pary and absolutely bequired Pblic Works.

Finally I take the liberty of temarking that at this fuverable

tive

୯

siderable increase

-.-..

the fixed Nevenus might be Secured by the sale of Land, withi

Aca

appurtage, which Commander higher rents than any other description of Fund, besider that it would greatly averet the

avvist expansion of

of

the Native-and-

Crusting Trade, which hins spang

the

Coley. The premium

obtained for Land sold in one

year may

av in

the past year.