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by the useful expenditine

now A

in

progress

for importing bitths and howes from India Reonly $8000 belong to the Imperial Foot

is being. Office, of which the greater proportion remitted by this mail, whilst by Your

Alpaces placed

directions most of the $15,000 to be buy of State to

om

Governor. Despatch No 139.of

15 Nov

the Supplementary Estimates for 199412607.10

the repairs of Government House has

yet

to be defrayed

depayed from the

same

hund diminishing it yet further

by about $8000. These deductions, of which the Treasurer could'

not of course, take

really

leave

aw

cognizance, available CH

balance in round numbers of only $67.000.

5.

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am

to point

sony however to be obliged

out that the beolony is not in

the fortunate position of having any

sum, or even one

cent, available,

ав

Q

such

disposable amplus.. that balance of $67,000

is part of the

money

obtained by the

stoppage of Public Marks, by suspending the action tatten to enlarge the water.

supply for the lity- so expential for

as

precaution

somatory purposes and in the event of any further disactions

fires. The existing General and

reeuning.

Lock Hospitals are dis

disgracefully inadequate.

but nevertheless, if attention to these

subjects and the

new

opening of with adequate repairs of existing

roads, I

buildings be entirely neglected, that is

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