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is confess that I always have seen
to object & such
MCAVAL CO
a
Course.
as not being fairly consistent
with the
of
implied promise given to Government that certain works
and those only
are intended to be
carried out. To build a Police Station instead of a Post Office
seems to me
as
different a species of Expenditure, though under a Common head,
viz:- "Works and Buildings" as purchasing a ship with
money voted for a School. Therefore though well aware that this matter has already been a fruitful source of discussion I think it right to draw your Lordship's attention to it again, as
as it
was specially adverted to by the Non-Official Members of Council.
I really cannot see a perfect remedy for such a remonstrance unless
either by declaring the Council permanently in Session and passing an Ordinance for every deviation from the original Estimates, which seems equally impracticable and absurd or secondly by allowing the Governor to circulate to Members of the Legislative Council as he does to the Executive, proposals for expenditure in deviation from or in excess of the original Statements, the Governor being guided by the