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excess of Estimated Disbursements Receipts of £20,298, to be made up by a Parliamentary Note. I over avould hure Remark havever, that in this Estimate £6,000 is put down towards the erection of a Government House. Should Her Majesty's Government be pleased to postpone the erection of this Building, the call on Parliament will be reduced to £15,000. On this question I shall have the honour to address Your Lordship by Separate Despatch.
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The following Memorandum will at once put Your Lordship in possession of the probable Financial State of the Colony in 1850, as also when compared with the years 1848 and 1849 respectively.
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The Estimated Revenue for 1850 is less by £1,006.19.1 compared with the actual Receipts during 1848.
The Estimated Expenditure for 1850 is less by £18,755.2.1 compared with the actual payments during the year 1848.
The Estimated Revenue for 1850 is less by £1,342.16.8 compared with the Estimated Receipts of 1849.
The Estimated Expenditure for 1850 is less by £7,807.16.4.
I enclose for Your Lordship's easy reference a Statement of the Revenue.