736 THE HISTORY AND PRESENT CONDITION OF MALACCA. 
penriiture of Malacca during - the past year is wholly a fictitious sum, 
as it includes several items that ought not to be included and ex¬ 
cludes others that ought to appear in it. It does not include the 
expense either of the Military or of the convicts, both of whom cause 
bonft, fide indents on the treasury, while it does include portions of 
the pay of the Governor, the Recorder and the expences of two 
steam vessels, none of which are actually drawn from the Malacca 
Treasury. 'Neither does this statement include the sums paid by 
the Assessment Fund. The result of these various inclusions and 
exclusions will give the real expenditure of Malacca during the 
past year as follows : 
General. 57,000 
Judicial and Police. 30,00u 
Military. 47,000 
Marine. 6,000 
Land Redemption and Pensions. 20,500 
Convict Department. 8,500 
169,000 
To this must be added the following nominal charges, that is, 
expenses debited to Malacca, but not actually disbursed by the local 
treasury : 
•i 
Military charges paid at Madras,. 20,000 
^ Salaries of Governor, Recorder and their establishments 34,000 
^ Expences of two Steamers attached to the Straits,, ., .. 16,000 
70,000 
Making a Grand total of,. 239,000 
This certainly tells heavily against Malacca, in the General Books, 
hut it may be doubtful how far the latter nominal charges can just¬ 
ly be made against her to such an extent, considering the very dispro¬ 
portionate share she obtains of the services of either functionaries or 
steamers compared with the other settlements, but this is matter of 
account and adjustment, and the general result may be inferred to be 
that Malacca pays about one half of its expences, and therein does 
as well as her neighbours. But it may be said that Malacca is as 
yet far from having made good all her resources, she has got vast 
tracts of fertile land to be brought into cultivation, and with capital 
and entcrprize once fully directed in that quarter, it is probable she 
