The following are the items which have been omitted
or reduced:-
Head 11A, Harbour Department.
Sub-head 1, Fersonal Emoluments,
Crew for New Lighthouse Tunder
Sub-head 21, New Lighthouse Tender
3,471
600,000
74
Head 16, Medical Department.
Sub-head 68, Equipment for now Infectious
Diseases Hospital
Head 30, Public Works Extraordinary.
Sub-head 5, Central Police Station - New
Block (Reduced from $800,000 to $50,000)
Sub-head 26, Infectious Diseases Hospital
(Reduced from $500,000 to $100,000)
+
103,590
750,000
400,000
$1,857,061
Turning to the other side of the picture, the new or
additional duties on table waters, hydrocarbon oils and liquor
which were imposed with effect from 16th January have necessitated
a revision of the estimate of revenue: revenue from Duties will,
it is now estimated, amount to 15,690,000 instead of $13,740,000.
The estimated deficit of $7,553,776 shown in the draft
estimates as presented on 16th January is thus reduced to
¡P3,856,715.
Lastly, I would remind Honourable Members that every
item of Special Expenditure in all departments and every item
of Public Works Extraordinary requires the independent s anction
of Government apart from the general provision offered by the
Appropriation Bill. Should revenue fall short of expectations
or should expenditure at present unforeseen be incurred that
sanction will be withheld.
Besides thanking, on behalf of the Government and, I
think I may say the whole Colony, the Unofficial members for the
time and labour which they gave to the preparation of the estimates
in their revised form, I should like to express my particular
$