CO129-285 - Acting Governor Major Gen Black - 1898 [9-10] — Page 428

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Picnate on that paper,

I think some

Eug 28/11 compliment is due to

Gor

General Black for having evidently taken b great paine while acting governor

to talls in the position of the colony.

affacu

,

I cannot

quito

make

out the figures given and they

theo to me to brately in thirs We received the 1898 Estimates Frands at nearly the end of 1897 and writing on the 20 Nov. 97. the Jovanor estimated deficit on the working of the your of ready

worthingtoad $66,000. Install of that there

actual sales of $45000 [8118]. On the other hand a

was an

Surplu's

on the work

hi

will probably have left brugthe before the disfatt gets but No

Working g 1898

deficit of $920

is expected to tan into a

And in

1899. deducting the

expenditure chargeable against

23 $ 185.700, which

loan

Erze

1.

they hear

Sw

Vandinig

expenditure is larger than the balan aiz $167.775-

If the loan

there remains an

expenditure 11121

9 $2.874000 Changeable.

A revenue

411

$2,8860m is a

to meet a deficit

balance 9 $12

12000

#16000.

on leau funds of # 16000

loan g

The revenue of the colony hos increased very largely Nately hot the expenditure

In some nau

more largely

On the

89

Thas increased much

estimates the medical

vote was nearly $58000, on

the

99

estimates it is a little under $1130rs. On the 89 estimates

the is vitary rote was $f 53000 on q9estimates it is fill.to The increases

wire

well have been mar but they are very large 2

hecessary, might be a text for Hong Kong is going

Sibilities

L

caution now that to take new respon

We should comment on

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