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According to Sir R. Robmin,

: the Revenue for 1863 cannot be

Calculated upon as

being

more

than £105,000- that is he dedeccts

the estimatest sum of £15,000 for

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Kremums

adds

says

on

Sales

of

Land - and

£2000 for Postage. And he

"I am not aware that any

"Sales of Land have taken place

" or are likely to take place, as

since

the date

of the preparation

" of the Estimates the Surveyor "General has reported the sale of "the last lot within reasonable "distance from Victori a " Hong Kong side of the Harbour,

on

the

to have taken place- so that

Mo

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to receipts under the head Premiums.

Can be anticipated this

year

"

Bis Despolch sending home the Estimates, is dated the 77th

Inly

1862, and in

is included a

that of the Revenue.

sum of £15,000 for.

premiums. That Estimate

no doubt prepared, as it ought

to have been, after consultation with the Surveyor General, when ought to have been able to have informed the Governor what Amount might

be

calculated

upon under this head for the

And it is impossible

year

1863-

to suppose that even

at the

time

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