that they might amount to several
hundred thousand dollars without
the Colony any giving increased funds. That item
261 if your Grace wishes to ascertain the comparative
available resources of the Colony out of ordinary Revenue
in 1866 and 1863. A very large portion of the
Revenue of each year consists of local rates imposed
annually under Ordinance for special purposes such
as Police, Water Supply and Lighting must, therefore,
for the purposes of your Grace's argument be diminished by,
in round numbers, $8,000.
20. There are items of a special nature, such as
Profit on Coinage ($5,877), and interest ($6,198)
which ought perhaps strictly speaking to be struck out
as unlikely to recur, and therefore only conveying to Your
Grace an erroneous impression as to the Colony's future available
resources. These latter two items amount to about $12,000
in round numbers.
21. A still heavier deduction must be made to meet the special expenses
Strictly speaking no part of these rates is available for other
purposes, and the Governor in Council always estimates for the
necessary rates according to the expenditure supposed to be required
for those three particular purposes. The introduction of gas,
improvements in the Water Supply, and Lighting are mentioned.