as anticipated by
Externates-
The Balance was
ces in minutes on last year's
geven by O.A.G in Desfelch
in 8/18 (end of para 1) as $85-357 –
But from Statement A in fuel to this Despatch
the balance would sean to have bow about #92,000.
[I arrive at the above sam by deducting the
Estimated Loan Expenditure for 98 & the Estimated
of
Lowe on the sist from? from the Totre
balance
Excer
of
Amts over
Liabilities on 31st Dear 97
The ongual Estimates for 98/27373) showed an
77
anticipated balance of Revenue over Expendi- turn of $17000, (apart from Expenditure pagave froin Louw).
b'e insisted on there Estimates being cut down some $30,000 & this was done : (see 172?!
In spite of this however the Estimated Ialance
of
the Colony's assete on 31st proxe shows that (see last lack it is expected that the Expenditure for
1898 will
exceed the Revenue by $72,781.
ach reasm for
this was
4.W.√26.11 aley C.PLT
tack
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What should have
bren
G
balance
406
some forty or fifty thousand dollars
+
will therefore be a
416 defirit of over 70,080_
be met out of the balance im
This card
hand at the end
of 27, & there will
b
something between tenen & twenty thousand
dollars
There was
this
ves
apparently
no speech on the Retinater
year & the Acting (: See: in speaking on the Estimates (see aumaxed copy of weekly
Press) six not refer to current Expenditure.
We cannot thespre till what is the cause
of the alove deficit; but the outbreak of plague is probably in part at least
responsible.
The present state of things benig
described alroe,
they
висаете
framed ridiculously
4
follows:
the Retimates for 1899 in a
Extravagant fashion,