large a sum as can conveniently be expended on them during that period.
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The ability of the Colony therefore to defray from local resources all expenses incurred for local purposes cannot, I think, be doubted. It possesses, as I have stated, a well-secured revenue in excess of the ordinary expenditure, and has in addition a balance in hand at this moment sufficient to complete every public undertaking either projected or in progress.
I have the honor to be My Lord Duke, Your Grace's most Obedient Servant, Merlener G.M. Robinson