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progin, was fully sufficient to meet

the ordinary expenditure of the Colony.

a

Cursory

Examination of the ecto-

-mates of 1893 would also have shown

them that the revenue for 1893, unless

some financial catastrophe superviores,

would certainly exceed the Ordinary

lycar

not-

Expenditure for that -Retastanding the fact that the

estimate of expenditure was

large one, including,

unusually large one,

aw

އ

it did, not only

a

new item of

$40,000

to meet the charges

the proposed loan, but a

on account of loss on

by

ow

provision

Exchange larger

$77,541 than that made in the Supply Bill for 1892

S.

As bearing

3

on this aspect of the

question I enclose

an extract from

Houghous

a recent editorial in the

"Daily Press", which is expecially

interesting by reason of the corroboration which it affords of the Colonial Secretary's

statement by pointing

only

out that in the

branch of the Hongkong trade.

which we have

ang

direct means of

measuring, viz. the trade with China, the returns of the Commissioner of the

Chinese Imperial Customes shew that thers

is

a

by.

&

steady continuous increase.

The real reasons of the action

three-

of the unofficial members are

(1.) a soreness at the Colony having been

8. As bearing.

required