161
will be seen
he estimates that to
to furnish
the Government Abouse in a respectable,
but unostentatious style
£. 1031.16.0
£.1031
will cost If this expenditure
be sanctioned, and the means
for defray_
ing it be taken from the above balance, a sum of £. 3252.4.0 will still remain unappropriated.
1.
In a Despatch of yesterday's
dater, Nr. 73, I submitted to Your Grace the Estimate of the Expenses and
Receipts of the Colony for the
ending
7 year 18544, which showed a deficit
of receipts to the extent of L. 8,500,
which it
rvou
ld be ne
necessary
I at one
to Parliament for. I at
to apply
time
on
had some intention of reducing
of reducing this demand to L. 5,247, and bringing the balance of £. 3,252.4.0, as available funds, - but I fear that for some few years this Colony will be
نعم
£4284.0.0
"
"
1031.16.0
3252.4.0
£. 8,500.0.0
"
unable to pay it's expenses, and, as there
balance to be brought
would be
no
to
account in the Estimates for 1855, it
Strikes
one
that it
might
embarrass
Her Majesty's Government to have to apply for
an
increased grant from
Parliament for that year, and I have therefore thought it preferable to bring the whole subject before Your Grace, that Her Majesty's Government may deal with the question
7.
to assure
Economy
as it sees
fit.
In conclusion, I have only
Your Grace that everyy
consistent with efficiency
is observed in the
Colony,
on Parliament are
are
the demands
annually decreasing,
and will, I hope, in a
"
3252.4.0
years
more en
entirely.
5347.16.0
very few
For
cease.
easy reference, I append as Mrome- -randum of
of grants from Parliaments