Ordnance Department is executing the most expensen Civil building the Public Offices ), the cost of which alone, £14,300, is
half. half the " the Revenue of the Colony. Without
sum
the permission above quoted, therefore, the provision of ways
of ways and means would be embarrassment . As the sum
a serious.
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in question has been once destined for the Colony, and is the rosult of a guarded expenditure, Itruct the permission given may not be withdrawn.
I
In my Despatch N. 14 of 12th February, I embodied a sketch of the chief
items of Colonial Expenditure and Resources,
of which the following
Total Civil Expenditure.
-Colonial Offices.
is an abstract.
Lu4,500.
Other Public Works . _ 20,700.
+
39,370.
35,000.
74,870.
Total Estimated Revenue.
Surplus of Previous Votes of
Parliament
Pupposed,
tote
Isle for current as for last year -
6
L
28,000.
"
9119
37.119.
36,900.
74,019.
One or five years will complete the
Colony,
Civil Public Works incidental to a new
and a fixed rate of annual Expenditure then be arrived at - Your Lordship has already noticed the reductions which
may
I have made in some Salaries.
of the principal Civil
I have the honor to be,
"With the highest respect, Your Lordship's
Most Obedient,
Humble Servant,
inDanis