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TOTAL REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE FOR THE FIVE YEARS 1899-1903.

Revenue, Expenditure,

Surplus.

Deficit,

1899.

1900.

1901.

$ C.

1902.

1903.

$

3,610,143.254,202,587.40 | 4,213,893.224,901,073.70 5,238,857.88 3,162,792.36 | 3,628,447.13|4,111,722.49 5,909,548.51 | 5.396,669.48

447.350.89 574,140.27 102,170.73

1,008,474.81 157,81160

(b.)-ASSETS AND LIABILITIES.

At the end of the year 1903, the Assets of the Colony amounted to $609,950.40, exclusive of arrears of revenue which with the sum just mentioned bring the total Assets up to $731,218.40 The total Liabilities were $672,661.86, so that the surplus of Assets over Liabilities amounted to $58,556.54.

(c.)-PUBLIC Debt.

1

There is a public debt of £341,799. 15. 1 outstanding. The original debt was incurred in connection with the Praya Reclamation, the Central Market, and Water, Drainage and Sewerage Works.

Fund.

Interest at 35 is payable on the loan, which is being paid off by a Sinking

II. TRADE AND SHIPPING, INDUSTRIES, FISHERIES,

AGRICULTURE AND LAND.

(a.) TRADE AND SHIPPING.

The following table shows the principal articles of export in the year 1903 in vessels of European contruction, compared with similar returns for 1902. The figures represent the tonnage:---

Articles.

1902.

1903.

Increase.

Decrease.

Beans,..

300

3,120

2,820

Bones,...

Coal,

1,040,906

1,186,686

145,780

Cotton Yarn and Cotton,

11,498

20,795

9,297

Flour,

107,826

120,430

12,604

Hemp,....

22,923

24,149

1,226

Kerosine (bulk),

54,461

40,607

13.854

(case),

60,400

82,960

22,560

Lead,

625

550

Liquid Fuel,

6,299

1,000

75 5,299

Opium,

4,871

4,997

126

Pitch,

1,900

1,900

Rattan,

4,742

4,020

Rice,

819,919

597,730

O

722 222,189

Sandalwood,..

5,374

4,713

661

Sulphur,

961

961

Sugar,.

268,268

229,946

38,322

Tea,..

Timber,. General,

25

1,746

1,721

75,023

64,400

10,623

1,480,003

1,594,600

114,597

Total,

3,963,463 3,985,310

313,592

291,745

Transit,

2,372,397 2,874,950

502,553

Grand Total,

6,335,860

6,860,260

816,145

291,745

Nett..

524,400