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Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on

the Account of Receipts and Expenditure of the Treasurer of

Hong Kong, for the year 1893.

Financial position of the Colony.

1.

The Revenue for the year 1893 amounted to

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$1,940,261,(£226,364), or, inclusive of Land Sales and

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Water Account, to $2,078,135, (£242,449).

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The Expenditure during the same period was

$1,920,524, (

(£224,061).

The Revenue thus exceeded the Expenditure

by $157,611, (£18,388).

At the close of the year the Statement of

Assets and Liabilities showed an excess of Assets over

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Liabilities of $1,489,024, (£173,719).

Revenue.

2.

The total Revenue of the year, amounting,

as stated above, to $2,078,135, was $171,739 more than the

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Estimate

(Sterling at Exchange for December Quarter, 1894, $2/4)

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