4

I have

now in the Treasury £17.575.3.3, out of which the following items

have to be provided; viz:-

Cach

for

the erection

Government House

of the

£ 9,184,13,11

for Fittings, He, sent from Augland

Amount voted for the erection of the Government House,

the cost of which is to

be £14.940-7-7-

Other Liabilities of the Colonial

Govemment as

huclorure Nb

per

Cash which will be required for Sundry Public Works

estimated for, and now

in

progress or about to

be commenced

1815% 61

£11,000,00

2772.4.3

"

3,802.1840

£17,575.2.3

57

Liabilitie! £ 4587.10.6 Deduet. Fittings as above

4 1815ubul

£2772,4,3

7.

I am sony to add, My Lord, that. I fear the Revenue

will still continue to

this be the case,

decrease:

if

it must be meet

by

a

corresponding reduction in the

the Civil Officers

Salaries

of

AJ

vacancies occur; but I think under any

circumstances aid

will always be required from Parliament to an extent of not less than £12,000 annually,

and this will continue so

long

as we are not allowed to have recourse to the same sources

of Revenue

[J

are available.

in other Colonies, but which under the strong opinions expressed in the Report of Lord Sandon's Committee printed by order of the House

of

Commons,

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