&
74/99
70/00.
(3)-12435--2000-1-99
22817--3000-10-99
283
The Military Contribution has automatically
increased by $75,900. The Volunteer Vote has more
than doubled (increase $32,755); but we have approved the proposals which cause this increase.
The expenditure on Public Works Annually Re- current is increased by $75,000, and the votes for Public Works Extraordinary stand at $726,338. I have
already dealt with the latter Head; the details of the
expenditure are very fully gone into in enclosure 6.
I believe the probable amount of expenditure is greatly
over-estimated.
Otherwise, I see no reason for cutting down
the Estimates. The estimated balance of Assets over
Liabilities on 31 December 1900 is $918,492, and the prospects of the Colony are generally good. A large
part of the increased expenditure is due to the im-
provement in the pay of the higher appointments and the
Chinese service to which we have already agreed,
A..
5/12