and provided by Annual vote;
portion of the
no
one
the revenue—nearly
as
half of which is derived from Crown Lands—having
yet been permanently appropriated by the Legislature.
such
Under a system of Government,
as exists here, which invests the
Governor with
power
to act in
opposition to the unanimous vote
of his Legislative Council, and further enables the Secretary of State to
sanction
any
expenditure which he
may consider
necessary without
reference to the Legislature, the permanent appropriation of the "Salaries of the principal Officers of
the Government
may
not be
altogether
so essential with
a view
to secure their independence as it would be in a Colony possessing
representative institutions and absolute control over the Colonial expenditure. Nevertheless having regard to the constitution of the Legislative Council, which is composed chiefly of officials, I think
it
desirable that the public
Establishments
of a permanent character should be withdrawn from Annual discussion, leaving to be defrayed by Annual votes only those fluctuating charges which the frequent revision of
require
the Legislature.
4.
I would recommend, therefore,