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experimental and tentative, The Government of course withdraw them, but it has

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to close the Savings Bank.

(Signed) A-Lister

Treasurer

Hong Kong, August 4th 18844.

Enclosure 2

Memoranicum for How the Colonial Secretiz

with reference to cand a resurrcntium.

hand

of August 4t ultime on the toughing Savings Bank, I do not know that I can add anything to what I then sair thats the total sum deposited in the Pant during the sight morites exising decenter 31th will not fall far short of, if aizsed it does not exceed £1900s. This

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up of deposits owned by Engineers, Ships Mistes, Policemen, Artisans, to to.

Inway add that every day avvinces

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of the univesirability of placing he Sarings Bank is either the Past office, the Treasury, on the Stamp office. The Port Office and Treasury are overworked, the Stamp

Office is quite fully employed. No fuather extension of duties can be muiertaken

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