the Civil Establishment alone in the first 144 years of its existence, Cost the Mother Country no less than £273,000
Revenue 1860. £94,182
Expenditure £72,390
1861 £127,241 - £109,632
1862 - £131,512 £122,423-
that the excess of Assets over Liabilities on the should be allowed to escape any longer the duty of aiding in its own defence, except on grounds of plain necessity. But it is evident that the plea of necessity no longer exists.
It appears that the Revenue and Expenditure for the three years, 1860-1-2, have been as follows:
1860
3/4 of December 1862 was £98,549, and that the estimated Revenue and Expenditure for 1863 were
Revenue £118,572
The Expenditure $125,000
The average surplus of Revenue over Expenditure during 1860-2 is therefore more than £15,000 per annum.
Meanwhile, no less than £106,465 has been spent for