The report on the New Territory for the year 1900, just published, is interesting reading. 'The revenue collected amounted to $17,530.75; the expenditure, exclusive of that on the Police establishment, was 3.361 66. The small revenue is due chiefly to the fact that the land titles' question has not yet been settled, ponding which no Crown rent oan be collected, The Governor however, hopeful that the territory will be self-supporting by-and-by, and he points to Hongkong itself instance of a colony that required assistance for some years after its formation, It is disappointing to learn that the whole of the country is more or less malarious, but there is ranson to hope that its sanitary condition can be proved. It is satisfactory also to be assured that the land will suffice to support sufficient number of cattle to render Hongkong independent of the present sources of supply. The Governor expresses himself as satisfied with the progress so far made. But why, oh why, can he not find a name for the territory
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