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particularly on Public Works".
These remarks were not endorsed
by any other Unofficial Member and the Appropriation Bill' was passed unanimously on the 6th. instant. Regarding the references by Unofficial Members to the state of crime in the Colony I shall address Your Lordship in a separate Despatch.
4.
Before dealing with the Estimates
for next year, I propose briefly to sum up the financial
situation.
In the financial statement
accompanying the Estimates for 1910 the estimated balance
of Assets over Liabilities on the 31st. December, 1909, Wes
shown as $1,350,108. This estimate was more than realized,
the sum actually booked, according to the statement now
enclosed, being $1,353,169. According to the Revised
Estimates for 1910 ordinary and extraordinary revenue is
expected to yield $6,908,069 or $728 less than was expected.
A saving of $45,062 is anticipated on the total expendi-
-ture for the current year which was originally estimated
at $6,951,542. These estimates if realized will result in a
credit balance on the 31st. December, 1910, of $1,589
which added to the balance of Assots accrued on the 31st.
December, 1909, will give a balance of Assets on the
31st. December, 1910, increased to $1,354,
758.
5.
The Estimates of Revenue for 1911
show