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the Colonial Government together with investments in or England 31st remittances in transit On December last. They amount to $1,184,019.74: at the same 1881 they were $1,041,401.
period of
The comparative statement of local Receipts and Expenditure for the years 1881 and 1882 also sent exhibits the following results.
Receipts.
1881 1882
1,309,428.26 1,210,681.43
Expenditure. 895,985.44 965,522.40
Surplus Revenue. 413,442.82 245,159.03
If premia on land sales be deducted from Revenue the Receipts for the two years will be 1881 $1,105,769.06 1882 $1,192,247.16
There has been considerable falling off in stamps as compared with 1881, but the collections exceed the Estimates by $30,000. Collector of Stamp Revenue explaining that the Comparatively smaller amount received in 1880 is owing to the inflation in 1881 consequent upon land speculations. He considers