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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26TMи MAY, 1883.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 187.

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In the matter of the Petition of FRANCIS WENTWORTH BREWSTER, of Bloomsbury, in the County of Middlesex, England, for Letters Patent for the exclusive use within the Colony of Hongkong, of an Invention for Improvements in Life Preserving Garments, for which Her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent were granted on the 16th day of May, 1881, to the said FRANCIS WENTWORTH BREWSTER.

Notice is hereby given that the Petition, Specification and Declaration required herein by Ordinance No. 14 of 1862, have been duly filed in this Office, and that it is the intention of the said FRANCIS WENTWORTH BREWSTER to apply at the sitting of the Executive Council hereinafter mentioned for Letters Patent for the exclusive use within the said Colony of Hongkong of the above named invention, and that a sitting of the Executive Council, before whom the matter of said petition will come for decision, will be held in the Council Chamber, at the Government Offices, Victoria, Hongkong, on Wednesday, the 6th day of June. 1883, at 2.30 P.M.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th May, 1883.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 188.

W. H. MARSH,

Colonial Secretary.

The following Statement of Receipts and Disbursements for the First Quarter ended 31st March, 1883, is published for general information.

By Command,

W. H. MARSH,

Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th May, 1883.

COLONY OF HONGKONG.

ACCOUNT of the Honourable JAMES RUSSELL, Colonial Treasurer of Hongkong, in respect of all Moneys Received and Paid, on account of the Colonial Government, during the period from 1st day of January to the 31st day of March, 1883.

RECEIPTS.

$ c.

PAYMENTS.

$

C.

Land Revenue,

54,811.46

Rents, exclusive of Lands,

17,830.50

Licences,

49,577.47

106,096.71

Taxes,

CIVIL DEPARTMENTS:-

Governor,

Colonial Secretary,

Colonial Treasurer,

5,093.58

5,102.15

2,100.15

28,123.25

Postage,

Auditor General,.

6,755.83

Fines, Forfeitures and Fees of Courts,

2,473.57

Clerk of Councils,

257.50

31,051.20

Fees of Office,

Surveyor General,

10,294.90

Sale of Government Property,

229.14

Government Gardens and Plantations,.

1,482.78

Reimbursements,.

6,579.01

Postmaster General,

27,196.41

Miscellaneous Receipts,

2,804.97

Registrar General,

5,572.64

Harbour Master,.

10,063.73

Lighthouses,

1,163.92

Collector of Stamp Revenue,.

1,100.50

JUDICIAL DEPARTMENTS,.

12.806.89

ECCLESIASTICAL

DEPARTMENT,.

1,243.50

EDUCATIONAL

do.,

18,407.24

MEDICAL

do.,

8,005.35

POLICE MAGISTRATES'

do.,

4,259.45

POLICE

do.,

41,770.70

GAOL

do.,

11,440.61

FIRE BRIGADE

do.,

9,143 4:

PENSIONS, RETIRED ALLOWANCES AND GRATUITIES,

2,379 79

CHARITABLE ALLOWANCES,

TRANSPORT,.

951. 0 558.33

WORKS AND BUILDINGS,

ROADS, STREETS AND BRIDGES,

22,528.28 8,387.67

LIGHTHOUSES,

12.04

GOVT. GARDENS & PLANTATIONS (Tree Planting, &c.), . MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES,

3,317.58

舞

11,393.44

LAND AND HOUSES PURCHASED,.

35,000.00

MILITARY EXPENDITURE,.......

28,059.30

"TOTAL COLONIAL REVENCE,

299,577.28

TOTAL COLONIAL EXPENDITURE,.

205,848.76

Deposits Available, Deposits not Available,

5,960.00

Deposits Available,

66.35

2,333.12

Deposits not Available,

2,308.48

356.00

Advances,

2.727.60

Advances Recovered,

5,208.58

Officers' Remittances,

Crown Agents,

27,118.64

Kaulung Sea Wall,

Balance on the 1st of January, 1883, brought forward,....

10,000.00 93,390.21

Kaulung Sea Wall.

17.196.35

Balance on hand on the 31st day of March, 1883,.

71.655.01

ལྟ 416,921.19

416,021.19

J. RUSSELL, Colonial Treasurer.