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3:

Government

may satisfaction in the

ace Owne

Progress

For much

fri

I should remark on

that the

subject of

Colony has continued to runke

during the part year,

in spite of

Commercial deuression and other

rifficulties..

I have little to add to Mr Alexander's remarks mind shall

only notice specially the completion of the Water-scheme as riginally contemplated; the introduction of bas to this sart the hast on a large scale, and with

of

مة

perfect success; the settlement, I hope, of the vexed Kowloon question;

斥 the circulation of the much wanted

suritiary Currency, and the

commencerucut of the Houghong Mint.

the

Porulation and the acting

Colonial Secretary's commuant thereon that, while I quite

that

with him agree we can only here arrive at

adbroximate results, the alrarent decrease is to be accounted for otherwise than as he puts it. -

Being in charge of my own office at the beginning of the year when the Registrar Several's Returns were sent in, I had several communications with that

Ffficer

on the subject of the decrease show... His explanation was that his predecessors had allowed too large a margin under certain head, and

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