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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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284 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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