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paid for before the 31st Decem ber last but not in transit
at that date, which has not been included in the state ment of Assets, but which, if included (as it should
be for
the Co
for the purpose of illus- trating the actual finan- cial position of the
Colony at the beginning of the our nt year) gives a balance
rent
of Assets over Liabilities. amounting to $85,851.
"As regards the pros
peative
2.
11145
390
pective financial position of
the Colony,
A
I
am addre
addressing.
despatch to you by next mail, in which I propose
ral
to deal fully with the seve I questions asked in your. despatch N. 147 of the 23"
23rd July
last. As, however, those
tions appear to affect:
ques-
more
ex
especially the proposed
Govern-
penditure
on new
ment offices rather than
current expenditure, I would ask, in view of the satisfac-
tory