1887-1903
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HER MAJESTY'S COLONIAL POSSESSIONS.
5.-PUBLIC DEBT.
No new loan has been raised.
6.-MILITARY EXPENDITURE.
The military expenditure (inclusive of the Volunteer Corps) defrayed by the Colony during the last five years has been as follows:
Military Contribution, exclusive of Defensive Works, and Volunteer Corps. Defensive Works, inclusive of Volunteer Corps. 1884 $114,498.78 $3,464.64 1885 $117,337.00 $72,564.45 1886 $124,561.68 $217,901.45 1887 $128,815.63 $258,444.28 1888 $134,594.68 $62,115.907.-GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS.
Government House was maintained in repair, and the sanitary arrangements were satisfactory.
8.-PUBLIC WORKS.
The expenditure under this head was $25,102.14 for ordinary repairs to buildings, $51,518 for upkeep of the roads and streets; and $62,115.90 for defensive works.
9.-LEGISLATION.
The following Ordinances were passed during the year:
No. 1.—An Ordinance entitled "The Vaccination Ordinance, 1888."
No. 2.—An Ordinance entitled "The Defences Sketching Prevention Ordinance, 1888."
No. 3.—An Ordinance to amend the Crown's Remedies Ordinance, 1875.
No. 4.—An Ordinance for prohibiting the enclosure of Verandahs erected over Crown Lands.