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grant to the life human, as to which a separate dispatch is promised.
caution it seems to me that the Governor was clear in his right.
Mr Meade
2G 24 Nov
G.
The papers relating to the City Hall Museums are circulated separately. They need not interfere with the consideration of these Estimates. The usual vote of $1200 has been smaller. If it is decided to continue it, that can be done in the Supplementary Estimate.
The word "Extraordinary" in the Treasury Instructions appears to us to have obviously much more limited meaning than that assigned to it by Sir J. P. Hennessy.
With regard to the new Lunatic Asylum for which $... was voted in 1880 but only $2000 is likely to be spent in that year, I should point out that if the work will remain in progress after the expiration of the year 1880, the unexpended $3000 should have been reprovided in the appropriation ordinance and that the omission to do so is a disregard of the S. of S. despatch of 16 May 1878 (1777).
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Confusion should be avoided between the question of surplus or deficit in any particular year and that of the general financial situation of the Colony, which is only determined by the Statement of Liabilities and Assets. I think that, as is done in ...
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