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lains upon him being in his Military capacity.

The report of the Acting

"Colourial keretany

does not

appears to requires many famour

маму observations from

eves Sconcurs generally in his views as to the state of the revenues and Expenditure of the Colony . I

in our.

financial

see nothing i position to preventistie Colony Andes ordinary circumstances from being a self supporting folorry

as regards this whole of it's civil establishments. The taxation uponthier. inhabitants is light indred- And there is no impost but for a specific service-Suderd

the

1 froever of four on reve

ow revenues make

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for

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for thie deficiences of throses expenses which ought to be provided for out of the Taxes__ specially levied for the particular services - The Police rate, now 10 per cent ou rentals is Altogether insufficient to pay the Cost of policer fails to The lighting rate has not-

up to the present time Covered thre Expenditures Associated with thiet

departments of outlay-

and

at the present mourent the reserved fund which I had intended to be applied solely to public work's of utility and importance has been

leemporarily absorbed by the urgencies of our present-

position

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