CO129-120 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [1-2] — Page 551

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in working order for some months; the sought.

548

Deducting then from the Revenue and Expenditure of the current year amanti now. The receipts from Land Sales are most uncertain... and the item "interest from monies in Bank" is quite illusory- the Government having to pay on that account instead of receive. It may therefore be considered that the Revenue has been over-stated by $150,000.

The expenditure on the contrary shows no vulnerable points except in Public Works and the Gun-boat. The former I have reduced from $165,000 to $100,000, and the latter will be saved $100,000, altogether - These items may be taken as $90,000 and $20,000 in closure A.

3. The Revenue will be $850,000, and the Expenditure $909,000, showing a possible deficit of mainly $59,000.

8. The present state of the Treasury is best explained by the enclosed statement, which the Colonial Treasurer prepared this day. Your Lordships will observe that I have already borrowed $60,000 from the Bank, and that even with this aid, I am not in a position to make further remittances to England. The subsidiary coins became very slowly available for any purpose of issue, and even with...

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in working order for some months; the sought. 7 548 Deducting then from the Revenue and Expenditure of the current year amanti now. The receipts from Land Sales are most uncertain... and the item "interest from monies in Bank" is quite illusory- the Government having to pay on that account instead of receive. It may therefore be considered that the Revenue has been over-stated by $150,000. The expenditure on the contrary shows no vulnerable points except in Public Works and the Gun-boat. The former I have reduced from $165,000 to $100,000, and the latter will be saved $100,000, altogether - These items may be taken as $90,000 and $20,000 in closure A. 3. The Revenue will be $850,000, and the Expenditure $909,000, showing a possible deficit of mainly $59,000. 8. The present state of the Treasury is best explained by the enclosed statement, which the Colonial Treasurer prepared this day. Your Lordships will observe that I have already borrowed $60,000 from the Bank, and that even with this aid, I am not in a position to make further remittances to England. The subsidiary coins became very slowly available for any purpose of issue, and even with... Page 7 ... Page 548 has been removed as it is not clear if it is part of the text or page numbering. The last sentence is cut off due to OCR error, it is kept as is. The Chinese characters are not present, so rule 15 is not applicable. The text is formatted according to the rules, with Markdown not being used as per the output instruction, instead HTML is used.

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in working order for some months; the sought. 7 548 Deducting then from the Revenue and Expenditure of the current the year amanti now. over-stated the receipts from Land Sales are most uncertain... t and the item "interest from monies in $1 Bank's is quite illusory- the Government having to pay on that account instead of receive. It may therefore be considered that the tRevenue has been by $150,000 over-estimated le. The expenditure an the contrary shous no vulnerable points except in Public Works and the Gun-boat- The farmer I have reduced from $165,000 to $100,000, and the latter will be saved $100,000, altogether - These items may be taken as $90,0 20,00 In closure A. 3. appearing Revenue will be $850,000, and the Expenditure 3909.000, shaving noticiitistanding way prosible evenemy a fuslin deficit of maily 380,000m 8. Явле present state of the Treasury is best explained by the enclosed statement. the Colonial Treasure prepared this day. Your Lordships will absure that Gran it fone I have already borrowed. $60,000 from Bank, and that even with this aid. I and د not in a prosition to make further remitances le England. The subsidiary cains became very slavly available for any purpose of issue, and even wich 7.

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in working order for

some months; the sought.

548

Deducting then from the Revenue

and Expenditure of the current

the

year

amanti now.

over-stated the

receipts from Land Sales are most uncertain...

and the item "interest from monies in

Bank's is quite illusory- the Government

having to pay

on that account instead

of receive. It may therefore be considered

that the tRevenue has been

by $150,000

over-estimated

le.

The

expenditure

the

contrary

shous

no vulnerable

points except in Public

Works and the Gun-boat- The

farmer I have reduced from $165,000 to

$100,000, and the latter will be saved

$100,000,

altogether

- These items may be taken as $90,0

20,00

In closure A.

appearing

Revenue will be $850,000, and the Expenditure

3909.000, shaving noticiitistanding way

prosible evenemy a fuslin deficit of maily

380,000m

Явле

present state of the Treasury is

best explained by the enclosed statement.

the Colonial Treasure prepared this day.

Your Lordships will absure that

Gran it fone

I have already borrowed. $60,000 from

Bank, and that

even

with this aid. I and

not in a prosition to make further remitances le England. The subsidiary

cains became

very

slavly available

for

any purpose of issue, and even wich

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