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for the necessary expenditure supposed to be Rules according to required for those three particular purposes. The introduction of the water supply, and improvements in as well as in the constitution of the Police force itself, in proportion as the town extends and the population increases, have all led to the increase of those rules proportioned to the requirements of the city. It would however not suit the object with which Your Grace compares the Revenue of 1863 and 1866 to treat the amount received for Police Rate and Water Rates in the latter year as any augmentation, and really placing any disposable Revenue under the control of this Government for any general purpose outside the object for which the rate is imposed.
It will be necessary, therefore, to deduct the difference between the amount raised for the above objects in 1863 (viz: $130,000) and that raised in 1866 (viz. $204,000), or in other words $74,000 from the total Revenue of 1866, so as to constitute fairly the comparison which Your Grace is anxious to draw.
22.
A similar deduction would have to be made on account of the expenditure for Pensions in the two years, but the difference was not very great, and I pass it by. The inevitable deductions, however, already made as above amount to a very large sum and quite upset any...
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for the meceforry expenditure supposed to be
Rutes according to
to the
required for
those three particular punposes. The
introduction of
of you. the water supply,
and improvements in
as well as in the
constitution of the Police force itself-
proportion as the town exetends and
the population
to
aw
to the
increase
increases. have all led
of those rutes proportioned requirements of the bity. It would however not suit the object with which Your Grace compares the Revenue of
1863 and 1866 to treat the
at the Sulice Sighting
of
in the latter
year
as
arey mentation
and Water Rates
really placing
any disposable Revenue under the
control of this Goverment for any
general purpose outside the object for
which the rate is
imposed.
It will be
necefury, therefore, to deduct the difference between the amount raised for the above
ebjecto
in 1863 (Viz: $130,000) and that raised in 1866 (viz. $204.000).
words
$74,000 from the total
Revenue of 1866. so as
or in other
ordinary to constitute fuvily
the comparison which your Grace
anxious to draw.
22.
is
A similar deduction would have
to be made on account of the
expenditure for
in the two
moreasing Pensions but the difference
years was not
very great-
and I pap it by. The inevitable deductions
however
salready made as
above amount to a
very
large
sum and
quité upoet
any
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