CO129-051 - Sir Bowring - 1855 [7-9] — Page 290

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deferred that I shall

I supposed

intentions

best meet

Court

treating them.

30 making

I trust that

The anticipations which grew

of the probable If the Revenue

Increase of the

Hong Kong

are

1

justified by

The prospects of the Colony -

If so, there can be no

better mode of expending

any

surplus

on Public Works of a

than

permanently useful character.

But I must caution

You

as to the rapidity which exists for adhering to the

rule laid down in The

Colonial Regulations, Ch: ×

against proposing to the Legislative Council the

expenditure on

Public Works

of importance without first submitting plans and estimates

to the Secretary of State, and

asking for his sanction

to the outlay. To a Colony

which the British Revenue

has only just ceased to contribute, the duty of Hongkong

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deferred that I shall I supposed intentions best meet Court treating them. 30 making I trust that The anticipations which grew of the probable If the Revenue Increase of the Hong Kong are 1 justified by The prospects of the Colony - If so, there can be no better mode of expending any surplus on Public Works of a than permanently useful character. But I must caution You as to the rapidity which exists for adhering to the rule laid down in The Colonial Regulations, Ch: × against proposing to the Legislative Council the expenditure on Public Works of importance without first submitting plans and estimates to the Secretary of State, and asking for his sanction to the outlay. To a Colony which the British Revenue has only just ceased to contribute, the duty of Hongkong
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4.

deffrored that I shall

Iupposed

intentions

best meet

Cour

treating them.

30 making

4.

I trust that

M

The anticipations Drich gre

1.500 press of the probable If the Revenne

Encrease of the

Hone Rong

Are

1

justified by

The prospects of the Colony -

If so, there can be no

better make off Expending

available

any

surpbur

Public Works of a

than

permanently useful character.

But I must caution

Jou

7

235

as to the rempity which rxists for adhering to the

zule laid down in The

Colonial Regulations, Ch: ×

against proposing to the Legislative Council the 200on =

- tion A ne

Public Works

of importance without first- subriitting plans and notionalis

to the Secretary of State, and

.

asking for his sanction

to the rapport of Colony

A

Which the British Revenne

has only just ceased to contribute, the duty of Morning

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