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And Expenditure of the Colony thall

have been brought within proper limits -

I am, Sir.

your obedient semant

La munda am

me

Mr Mist

W. Merivale

・ 12/4. 008.

as regards heads there is a

distinction which I am not leve whether the Treasury may have fully apprehended. When To far

persons are sentenced at ttre Conseilav Stations

thie Mainland and

sent to

for imprisonment

it is no more.

then

hazy hopp

thraw reasonable that the whole,

of tlie

Charp of their detention & peonishment. should be paid out

Vote for Consular expenses. As a Colony, Hong Kong has rolling to do with offeriaes

Committed and sentences

passedon

the Territory of China. This has been Assented to by the Foreign Office and Freasing but as the latter appear slite to expect further information from Hongkong

takes the presente

Estimate this year is trand

Etre

We may

oppalinity of demanding it from

Governor

thi

оо

Our

nor more explicitly thaw before. The provision havener of £3000

So far as regards Col Caine, Sin John Barring has in his despotat with the present Estimates seul a

a Colony is Lie reaut for

Ral Colonial Prisoners

recommendation of Council that he should be pensionads. This is a

subject- which tv. merivate can supply

more

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