CO129-545-1 Estimates 1934 4-10-1933 - 17-4-1934 — Page 29

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONG KONG,

13th October, 1933.

Encl. No. 1

Encl. No. 2

(1)

Encl. No. 3

Anod Je2 57/1/34 C

Sir,

I have the honour to submit for the significa- tion of His Majesty's pleasure Ordinance No.19 of 1933,

intituled "an Ordinance to apply a sum not exceeding

"twenty-seven million twenty-nine thousand two hundred

"and thirty-five dollars to the public service of the

"year 1934", together with the Attorney General's report

thereon.

2.

Copies of the draft Estimates of Revenue and

Expenditure for 1934, of the introductory address by the

Colonial Secretary and of other papers in connection with

the draft Estimates were forwarded with my despatch No.

504 of the 4th October, 1933. Copies of the report

(uncorrected) in the South China Morning Post of the

proceedings at the subsequent meeting on 12th October,

at which the Bill was passed, are enclosed with this

despatch.

3.

The basis on which the Estimates have been

framed is the same as that on which they were framed a

year ago, namely to preserve a surplus balance of ten

million dollars. When the draft Estimates for 1933

were drawn up it was anticipated that the year 1933

would close with a surplus of $10,616,131. The revised

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

SIR P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER, G.B.E., M.C., M.P.

&C.,

&C.,

&c.