CO129-096 - Others - 1863 — Page 243

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All AI Reviewed

may

be the more easily enabled to

furnish

any

suggestions

which me

I may

it

Shew it will be

I should

necessary

briefly

review

the past & present financial state

of

the Colony

An

of

It would appear from

examination of

all the data bearing

that

on the subject during the first

fourteen years of

its existence

as a

Colony, Hong Kong cost the Imperial

Exchequer no

less

a sum than £273,000

for its Civil Establishment

exclusive sum spent during

on account of

that period of

Military

& Naval

Protection of the Colony.

This

very

large expense,

to the Mother Country.

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may be the more easily enabled to furnish any suggestions which me I may it Shew it will be I should necessary briefly review the past & present financial state of the Colony An of It would appear from examination of all the data bearing that on the subject during the first fourteen years of its existence as a Colony, Hong Kong cost the Imperial Exchequer no less a sum than £273,000 for its Civil Establishment exclusive sum spent during on account of that period of Military & Naval Protection of the Colony. This very large expense, to the Mother Country.
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may be the more Easily enabled to furnishe any Suggustions which me Inay it Sheat for will be I should necessary briefly review the past & foresent Jinancial State the Colony An of It would appear from Exame tion of all the Dala bearing that on the subject during the first 1 } fourteen gears of its existence 240 as a Colony, Hongtang cost the Imperial Exchequer no less 2 sum than £273.000 a for its Civil Establishmang of a Exclusive sum spent during on acco any account of that period of Military x Naval Protiel on of the Colony . This verg large expense, to the Mother Counting.
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may

be the more Easily enabled to

furnishe

any

Suggustions

which me

Inay

it

Sheat

for will be

I should

necessary

briefly

review

the past & foresent Jinancial State

the Colony

An

of

It would appear from

Exame

tion of

all the Dala bearing

that

on the subject during the first

1

}

fourteen gears of

its existence

240

as a

Colony, Hongtang cost the Imperial

Exchequer no

less

2 sum than £273.000

a

for its Civil Establishmang

of

a Exclusive sum spent during

on acco

any

account of

that period of

Military

x Naval

Protiel on of the Colony .

This

verg

large expense,

to the Mother Counting.

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