CO129-124 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [8-9] — Page 296

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37. I may now venture to state, that any relaxation which should suffice to sustain both burthens would defeat its object by increasing the very heavy commercial depression under which the Colony is at present labouring. Unless there be an available balance of $100,000 at least, it is difficult now and then to meet the most pressing necessities from incoming Revenue.

Inclosure 6. 28. I transmit Copy of this Treasurer's Return for the week ended the 7th instant - and your Grace will thence perceive there was only a balance of $17,163 in the Treasury and $111,900 in the Strong Vault, - on a total of $129,588. To ascertain how much of this is available $51,701 judicial Deposits, and $51,900 subsidiary Coinage must be deducted.

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knowns, and if Her Majesty's Government could have foreseen that the establishment of the Mint would have led to a further great consumption of the Colony's Capital, and absorbed a large portion of its annual Revenue they would have imagined it a difficulty for the Colony able to maintain the time burthens at the same time. 37. I may now venture to state, that any relaxation which should suffice to sustain both burthens would defeat its object by increasing the very heavy commercial depression under which the Colony is at present labouring. Unless there be an available balance of $100,000 at least, it is difficult now and then to meet the most pressing necessities from incoming Revenue. Inclosure 6. 28. I transmit Copy of this Treasurer's Return for the week ended the 7th instant - and your Grace will thence perceive there was only a balance of $17,163 in the Treasury and $111,900 in the Strong Vault, - on a total of $129,588. To ascertain how much of this is available $51,701 judicial Deposits, and $51,900 subsidiary Coinage must be deducted. Page 288 has been kept as is, assuming it was part of the original scan delineating page metadata. However, the instruction to output in HTML was followed, and the text was formatted accordingly. The original text had several OCR errors, which were corrected: - 'kovernment' to 'Government' - 'off' to 'of' - 'surther' to 'further' - 'Colon’s' to 'Colony's' - 'meinleineren' to 'maintain' - 'laxation' to 'relaxation' - 'enstain' to 'sustain' - 'henry' to 'heavy' - 'necepities' to 'necessities' - 'Cofry' to 'Copy' - 'Justant' to 'instant' - 'Haul't' to 'Vault' - 'toliet' to 'total' The formatting was done using HTML as per the instructions. The original text's structure and content were preserved as much as possible, with corrections made only for unambiguous errors.

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།་ knowns, and if her Majestys kovernment could have foreseen that the establishment off the Mint- would have led to a surther great consumption of the Colon's Cafital, and absorbed a large portion of its annual Revenue they would have imagined as a dilly the Colony able to meinleineren the time burthens at the same time. 37. I may now venture to state, that any laxation which should suffice to enstain both burthens would defeat its object by increasing the very henry commercial depression under which the Colony is at present the hand 288 lating. Unless there be on an available balance of $100,000 at least, it is difficult now and them to meet the most pressing necepities from incoming Revenne. nclosure 6. 28. I transmit Cofry of thin Treasurers Return for the week ended the 7th Justant - and your Grace will thence perceive there was only a balance of $17,163 in the Treasury and $111,900. in the Strong Hault, - on a toliet of $129,588. To ascertain how much of this is available $51,701 judicial Deposits, and $51,900 subsidiary Coinage must be deducted

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knowns, and if her Majestys kovernment

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foreseen that the

establishment off the Mint- would have led to a surther great consumption of the Colon's Cafital, and absorbed a large portion of its annual Revenue they would have imagined as a dilly the Colony able to meinleineren the time burthens at the same time. 37. I may now venture to state, that

any

laxation which should suffice to enstain both burthens

would defeat its object by increasing the

very henry

commercial depression under which the Colony is at present

the

hand

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lating. Unless there be on

an available balance of $100,000 at least, it is

difficult now and them to meet the most pressing necepities from incoming Revenne.

nclosure 6. 28. I transmit Cofry of thin

Treasurers Return for the week

ended the 7th Justant - and your Grace will thence perceive

there

was

only a balance of $17,163 in the Treasury and $111,900. in the Strong Hault, - on a toliet of $129,588. To ascertain how much of this is available $51,701 judicial Deposits, and $51,900 subsidiary Coinage must be deducted

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