CO129-184 - Governor Hennessy - 1879 [1-5] — Page 349

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to the fact that the balance at the end of 177

would be more than double that at the end of 176.

In his financial Statement last Autumn be

pointed again to the fact

вес

that

бу

the 12

V.

Octoba the balance was $873. 014. $295, 512 at the end

з

the preceding year.

In par. 5. of Sexp: no 1 of this 8th Jar las! 2408 Enclosing this financial statement he said

had only to talk about the revenue & expenditure

of the coming

K

occupied so much

year

*

So much of your

financial statement that

to

it the beginning of the Speech He says,

time re

1.

344 in a

recently

I will confine

myself merely telling the Treasurer's estimate of the expenditure & revenue, with perhaps

or two remarks".

2 debate

one

The same afflies to the speeches on the appropri ・ation ordinance for 1879.

he had already

"I am happy to say

that the favourable

1867.

balances I then looked forward to securing

dealt with the subject of the excess

freex

on the 31st dec: 1878 have been fully realized"

In par. b. of Leap 21. 222ḍ Feb-last 5556

The said "Though

"Though the revenue

of Hongkong

been so

If the Colonial balances have never

large as at this moment"

Ou

the

the

= 2? Hennessy says i'n far. 8 5f present despatch that in his speed Estimates for 179 endlosed in Desp:112/16336

not a word is said about the balances in

hand - Why? Because he had treated of the subject in his financial Statement of

5556

ova

expenditure in the fast year

of revende

In Sec? 10-12 a great deal is said about Desf: -21-(reporting the reduction of menicifal taxation)

8. this reached the office

a day before the long

despatch no 42 was dated & Signed,

1... considerably after thes it had been drafted & dealt with. -

Buck Beef: 21.

gave no account

8 the Proceedings of the Executive Council which are now quoted.

Oberth

it contained the passage above referred respecting the langeness of the balances, and

it ended up with an

assation that be did

to

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