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taking legal advice, to be entitled to the privileges secured by the

the

-old Pension Minute of 1874 under which a man

might retire at age of 31 and possibly draw a pension from Wongkong for

the

next 40 years.

6.

It is no doubt a

the

matter of great importance that, in view of the necessity of raising a loan before long, credit of the Colony should be Kept up by reducing the current expenditure of the present year

00

so as not to exceed the current ....

Revenue. I

am

the

engaged at the ... present moment in

revising Estimates both of Revenue and

of Expenditure, and I trust to be able to submit for Your for Your Lordships information next Mail a stalement showing what reductions it has been found.

the

possible to effect. If the Revenue does not improve next year, Estimates for 1885 will have also to undergo a careful revision to meet a probable deficit of about