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ART. 22 Feb.

7th March.

4. Laboucheras, Mr. P.

The Bot. Honble

Governer Sir J. Bowring

28 December, 1857.

Victorios, Hongkong,

5 In closures.

No 184

Received

Year 1858.

of Stonghong for the

Transmitting the Estimates

1824 vong trong

145

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\

I. Merivale.

These are the Hong Kong Palienates

for 1858. The same letimates for 1857 were

contained in 2541 and I think

your will find it useful to refer to the

Minutes

on that paper and to the

despatch which was written inn avevan Sic Bouring brought the finances of the Colony into embarassment, first by using up the Land Revenue by means of disposing of all the best lands in haste, and then by devoting

that

revenue, as if it were to be perennial,

Public Works. I

to the expense of

Cannot learn that he replied to the despatch of the 27th of April until the receipt of the present despatch.

This exhibits an estimated

expenditure of upwards of £62.600 And an estimated Revenue of

£49.600,