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with expenditure. It is time that your

5. These calculation

(as I understand your Despatcher) are rearly or quite independent of

in deficiency of revenne

subsequents despat of 29 Jan" qives

reason to suppose that this deficiency may be reduced by about ₤2400, but there would remain a deficiency of really £15000 on

the coarsent

of propenditure, year while the

Which the proved hostilities

Inaty

Accasion.

surplus remaining from forner years a probally not exceed half that

you Amount:

6. Nevertheless.

you

State in your Despatch of

The 29th (in which you appear to anticipate

some

Discussation of the Estimate for public works) that

" But for the unexpected

I

demands now made Jemand

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on

The Colony, the expenditure

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would not have exceeded

to

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The resources

a sonrces .

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I am unable to

understand

gour grounds

for this assurance

financial resources of Hong

Mong mainly depend on

The land revenne

If the

Causes which produced so

Great a falling off sin this branch in 1856 an Equal

A

and

anticipated falling off in

1857.

Are

to continue to