The statement of accounts shows 2 total expenditure of Hongkong $428,806.41 during the year under review, leaving a balance of cash in hand amounting to Hongkong 354,338.85. The chief item of expenditure was $235,475.46 "on the North River works, and other items include $58,490. for East River works, $72,452.54 for office upkeep, surveying and travelling, and $30,- 581.74 for plant and equipment.
The report is accompanied by two useful and carefully compiled maps—one of the Canton Delta, and the other of the East River.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.