CO129-104 - Sir Robinson - 1865 [1-3] & Acting Governor Mercer - 1865 [3-4] — Page 433

429

This huactment passed the Legislative Council on the so? Ultimo,

and is accompanied

by

the

Suplementary Retirnates on which N2.

it is framed.-

Prefixed to these Estimates

will be found a statement of the Assets and Liabilities of the Colony

m

the 3126 December 1864.

In the Istimates themselves

are noted the

various despatches

connected with the several Items

brought forward.

as the above amount is

considerable for

a

Surplementary

charge, it must be remarked

that the excess of

the actual

over the Estimated expenditure

for

the

years in round numbers only $140,000 ($763,307 $620,391) the balance being

of

minor expenses.

a ne-

adjustment

This sum of $140,000 is composed principally of the

following: #97,000 for the Mint, $20,000 for reclaiming Causeway Bay, a service in connection. with the mint, and $19,000

occupiers of

for extra compensation to the

Land at Kowloon. The Reverne exceeden the Istimates by about $53,000, thus: Estimated Revenue $584,600. Actual Fitto $637,846.-