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HONG KONG, 1899,

Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on

the Account of Receipts and Expenditure of the Treasurer

of Hong Kong for the year 1899.

1.

The Revenue for the year 1899 amounted to

$2,865,759*76, or, inclusive of Land Sales and Water

Account, to $3,610,143.25. The Expenditure during the same

period was $3,162,792.36.

There was therefore a surplus

of Revenue of $447,350*89.

Revenue.

2.

The total Revenue for the year amounting, as

stated above, to $3,610,143*25, was $724,006*25 more than

the Estimate of $2,886,137, and exceeded the Revenue of

1898 by $691,984 01.

The estimated Receipts of Revenue were exceeded under

all Heads with the exception of "Post Office", and

"Interest", which showed deficiencies compared with the

Estimates