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of

that the position at

2. With reference to the balance of the table

Faculty of Arts

7th par of this Report,

Liabilities show that the

unspent balance of the Loan

of 1895

at the end

amounted to nearly $200,000 more

than the balance of Assets over

Liabilities. In other words, the

Colony has in effect been spending

on general purposes part of the

Loan money raised for specified

Public Works, which have not

yet been completed, and there was

really a deficit.

This arose from extraordinary

expenditure caused by the

resumption and demolition of

Taipingshan, and the amount

of $175,000 will, I trust, be recovered

before long

mostly by the resale of

Taipingshan building sites. But in the meantime, expenditure should be watched very carefully.

3. I take this opportunity of reminding you that, in future, the Annual Estimates should, as laid

down in Paragraph 35 of the 'Instructions for the preparation of Colonial Estimates', enclosed in

Lord Knutsford's Circular of the

4th February, 1889, be accompanied

by a table of the Assets

and Liabilities of the Colony for the

past year, and one, partly estimated,

for the current year, and especially to the

account of compensation paid for the

and the statement of

the Assets and Liabilities

at the close of the current year.

4. With regard

to the

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of that the position at 2. With reference to the balance of the table Faculty of Arts 7th par of this Report, Liabilities show that the unspent balance of the Loan of 1895 at the end amounted to nearly $200,000 more than the balance of Assets over Liabilities. In other words, the Colony has in effect been spending on general purposes part of the Loan money raised for specified Public Works, which have not yet been completed, and there was really a deficit. This arose from extraordinary expenditure caused by the resumption and demolition of Taipingshan, and the amount of $175,000 will, I trust, be recovered before long mostly by the resale of Taipingshan building sites. But in the meantime, expenditure should be watched very carefully. 3. I take this opportunity of reminding you that, in future, the Annual Estimates should, as laid down in Paragraph 35 of the 'Instructions for the preparation of Colonial Estimates', enclosed in Lord Knutsford's Circular of the 4th February, 1889, be accompanied by a table of the Assets and Liabilities of the Colony for the past year, and one, partly estimated, for the current year, and especially to the account of compensation paid for the and the statement of the Assets and Liabilities at the close of the current year. 4. With regard to the
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of

that the portante at

2. With reference to the the ballose of the table

ble of Arts

7th par of this Report,

Liabilities start that the

unspent balance of the Loun

of 1895

at the end.

amounted to nearly $200,000 more

than the balance of Austs over

Liabilities. In other words the

Colony hath in effect been spending

on general purposes part of the

Lowe money raised for specified

Public Works, which have not

Jobsewe

I am

Au are

yet beew completed, and there was

that this arose.

reality a deficit.

onning &

extraordinary

Tapiodeficitiminders to special

expenditure

caused by the

resumption and demolition.

Taipingshan, and the amount

175

#will, I trust, be recovered

beson long

"Thostly by the resale of

Taipingshaw building sites__ But in the meantime expenditive. should be watched very carefully_

3. I take this opportunity of reminding you that, in future, the Annual Estimates should, as laid

down in Paragraph 35 of the 'Instinctions for the preparation of Colonial Estimates, enclosed in

Lord Knutsford's Circular of th

4th February, 1899, be accompanied

by

a inbl of the Assets

sle of

Liabilities of the Colony for th

hast year, and one, partly estimated,

!

playin

and expecially to the

account of

compensation pain for the

of

the Aurets and Liabilities

at the close of the current year.

4 with regard

£4 of the

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