2.
of the year to effect reductions to the extent of one fifth of the estimated annual-
for the
one-third.
the service.
Expenditure, and that nearly less has been voted for Colony by Parliament than I had
reason to expect would have been
3.
My
of the
Before entering on the question,
Lord, I must, with great respect
remark that I cannot from any
in
documents
this Office discover why the Revenue of
this Colony for 1848-49
at
has been estimated
£33,900, as I observe it to have been £35,800 in the Estimate laid before Parliament,
and on which basis the sum
of £25,000 appears to have been granted in aid of the Revenue of the Colony. Sir John Davis in his Despatch No. 104 of the 24 September, 1847, estimates the Revenue at
£28,700, and myself in Despatch of the 10th April of this year,
estimated it at £27,000; and from the
258
Documents appended to this Despatch it will be seen that the local Revenue in reality
will not exceed £25,010 instead
of £33,900, on
which the Parliamentary Vote appears
to have been based. So far
therefore from a reduction of £6,000, £7,000 being
made in the Estimate,
as
supposed possible by Your Lordship, it will be necessary to increase the Vote to this extent, in consequence of the Grant of Parliament having been made under an
erroneous impression of the real revenue of
the Colony.
4.
To satisfy Your Lordship
that due economy
has been observed since
I have been in charge of this Colony,
I enclose
a Statement of the Revenue and
Expenditure incurred from the 1st April to the end of last month, by which it will be seen that £25,000 have already been drawn from the Commissariat
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2.
of the year to effect reductions to the extent of one fifth of the estimated annual-
for the
one-third.
the service.
Expenditure, and that nearly less has been voted for Colony by Parliament than I had
reason to expect would have been
3.
My
of the
anep
Before entering on the question,
Lord, I must. with great respect
remark that I cannot from any
in
documents
this Office discover why the Revenue of
this Colony for 1848-49
at
has been estimated
£. 33900, as I observe it to have been
358 in the Estimate laid before Parliament,
and on which basis the sum
of £25,000 appears to have been granted in aid of the Revenue of the Colony. Sir John Davis in his Despatch No. 104 of the 24 September, 1847, estimates the Revenue at
th
£. 28.700, and myself in. Despatch of
£28.70 the 10th April of this
estimated it at
year,
Mr le, have.
£27,000; and from the
258
Documents appended to this Despatch it will be seen that the local. Revenue in
reality
L
will not exceed. £. 25,010 instead
of £. 33,900, on
Vote appears
which the Parliamentary
to have been based. So far
therefore from a reduction of £. 6,000. £7,000 being
made in the Estimate,
as
supposed possible by Your Lordship, it will be necessary to increase the Vote to this extent, in consequence of the Grant of Parliament having been made under an
ara ons ered
-impression of the real revenue of
the Colony.
4.
that due ec
To satisfy Your Lordship
economy
has been observed since
I have been in charge of this Colony,
Kenclose
2.
a_
I
Statement of the Revenue and.
+7 Expenditure incurred from the 1th April to the end of last month, by which it will be seen that L. 25,000 have abready been drawn from the Commissariat
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