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"Dollars to the Public Service of the "Year 1874 being Nr. 9 of 1893.

2.

-Before referring to those

Estimates I will explain the

Colony

financial position of the Cedmy

for the current

f

wer

Year

the estimated eve

Liabilities

January next.

ww

in elucidation

wecess of Assets

the jet

berees of Afscle- 1 January 1873. $181,942. Apolo 1873.0181.942.

Echinated Revenné 1844, 281..

Probable Decreme)-

12,000. ዛ

€32,281

$1,014,223.

H

h

Estimated Expenditure § 900, 245. 80

Robabl

Probable

ecrcase

25,000 625,245, 60.

3. From the

adjoining figures Your

Birdbaths Surfs of felt. 01 December 1972, $18,997.20. Lordship will

Excers Apeti.

obsave that that estimated Eecess

amants to 188.997. 20. It has

been

a

een

necessary

decrease

to calculate upon

of estimated Revenue

if terh

aving mainly to the receipts under the Stamp Ordinance I failing to reach the amount of which the experience of the last two years justified the expectation. Trade generally has been dull, but the Stamp taxe has been most affected by the Merchants

stogh paying in specie in Foochow and Iselsewhere The Tea which they

for

ague shipped instead of by Bills drawn

JAR

in 19

4.

Dongt long.

Thus, the probable decrease

under the Dead of Stamps will

be $12,500. The whier Ocade of

Reverne under which

or

an increase

decrease is expected being