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to the amount of £10,744.
Six
John
Davis in his letter states
that £24,000 will be required to complete
the works during the official year 1848-49, and under this impression appears to have founded his Estimate of the amount of the Parliamentary Vote required. Of what these works
I cannot discover from any
or in
the Colonial Office, or
are
composed.
Memorandum in
or in that of any
other
functionary, but a reference to Enclosure No. 2 (Public Works)
of the Treasurer's letter, will prove that for the
works now
absolutely in progress (most of them sanctioned by Your Lordship, and which must be paid for), a sum of £27,960.15 or thereabouts will be required. It is probable however that Sir John Davis did not include the item on account of the Government House; in that case he would have required
but
even in
£21,960, thereby leaving only £2,040 to cover the last items in the Surveyor General's Report, amounting to £7,080, which also appear to
have been referred home for Your Lordship's
consideration and orders.
Unless therefore some additional
Parliamentary Grant be made for the present year, it will be found impossible to commence
any
new works of any description however necessary, or to maintain in repair those already constructed. I therefore respectfully submit that a further
sum
of £14,000, in addition to that of £34,200
is supposed to be voted by Parliament, may be sanctioned for the use of
this Colony, or if the Treasurer's suggestions
can
the balance of the last year's
be adopted, and Parliamentary
Grant applied to the service of the present year, the sum now asked for, may be stated at £10,000.
From the enclosures of this letter
it will be seen that this sum, if sanctioned, will pay for all the works now in progress of construction, and for nearly one half of the contemplated expenditure on account
of the
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to the amount of £10,744.
Six
John
Davis in his letter states
that. £.24,000 will be required to complete
the works during the official year 1848-49, and under this impression appears to have founded his Extimate of the amount of the Parliamentary Vote required. Of what these works
I cannot discover from any
or in
the Colonial Office, o
are
composed.
Memorandum in
or in that of any
other
functionary, but a reference to Enclosure It 2 (Public Works)
of the Treasurer's letter, will prove that for the
works now
absolutely in progress ( most of them sanctioned by Your Lordship, and which must be paid for), a sum of £27,960 15 thereabouts will be required. It is probable however that Sir - John Davis did not include the item on account of the Government House; : that case he would have required
but
even in
£21960, thereby leaving only £. 2,040 to cover the last items in the Surveyor Generate Report, amounting to £ 7080, which also appear to
have been referred home for Your Lordship =
consideration and orders.
some additional
Unkess therefore some
Parliamentary Grant. be made for the present year, it will be found impossible to commence
any
new works of any description however necessary, or to maintain in repair those abready constructed. I therefore respectfully submit that a further
sum
of £. 14000, in addition to that of £34,200
Lu supposed to be voted by Parliament, may be sanctioned for the use of
of this Colony, or if the Treasurer's suggestions
can
the balance of the last year's
be adopted, and Parliamentary
Grant applied to the service of the present, year, the sum now asked for, may be stated at L. 10,000.
From the enclosures of this letter
it will be seen that this sum, if sanctioned, will pay for all the works now in progreja of construction, and for nearly one half of the contemplated expenditure on account
of the
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