14. condition of the Public Works at the end of Primary, for, however incredible it may appear after all that has passed, I have not yet received from him the return due for March.
15. The utility of those documents is at once apparent, especially the Form showing the progress of the various Public works on hand, the original Estimate for each, the expenditure to date, and the balance remaining. The latter had been ordered some two years previously - December 1869 - and on my departure from the Colony, Mr. Mooran appears to have at once dropped it. We have since endeavored to make out a plea that the return in question was intended solely for my personal information. There is, however, no foundation for such an assertion. Half a dozen similar returns in the Colony might be withheld on a like plea because nearly that number have been drafted by myself, or remodelled with a view to rendering them more simple and compendious. Were it not that the requisition for each ensuing month's expenditure must be produced before payments are passed by the Auditor,
16. The enclosed letter from the Colonial Secretary, written by order of The Lieutenant Governor last October, is a strong proof of the difficulty which the Executive had in extracting...
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condition
of the Public Worses at the
end of Pelmary, for, however incredible
it
mary appear after all that hav paford, Thave not
yet
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from
him the return due for March.
15. The
utility of those documents
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Public works on hand the original
Elimate
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each the
expenditure to
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date the balance ren
remaining
The latter had been ordered some two years previously - December 1869 and my departure from the Colony Mr. Mooran appears to haves at once! dropped it. We has since endeavored to make out a plea that the return
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was intended solely for my personal
information. There is hauer, not foundation for such the returns in the Colony might be
withheld on a
aw
assertion. Half
similar plea because
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by myself, or remodelled with a view to rendering them
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simple and compendions. Were it not that the
requisition for each
enoning
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expenditure must be produced before
payments are prased by the Auditor
16. The enclosed letter from the Colonial Secretary written by order of The Sieutenant Governor last October
-string proof of the difficulty which the beecutive had in extracting
is a
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