CO129-159 - Sir Kennedy - 1872 [9-12] — Page 145

$20,000 worth of copper

Coins which

your yout have

found considerable difficulty

disposing of tready $70,000

of arrears of Revenue, of which the greater parts appears to be land Revenue, taiks respect to which there is no

information to Chen how

for or how speedily any portia, of it is likely to be recovered, I entertain Grave doubts whether the proposal to draw such

a considerable fum from

the present balances of thin Colony is & faradent coude.

3 It is inevitable that

there should occur in the

Course of the

year

Lome

Causes for unforeseen lapsen- -diture not wielded in the

8/100

Ill as to this subs! 685-

11830

mifinal latimates of the

in the last two

year;

143

o year

this supplementary expenditure

has been considerable, & thi

year you have already submitted to me, a note

$5000 for repairing the

root of the Cathedral which I have sanctimed Since the estimates were, prepared.

capenditure

4 So meet this expenses Other emergency

or any

Jam

of opinion that there should always be left untouched by the appropria- -tion of the year a of 50000 $, after carefully dechuicting from the assets

Pprobata lance

Any items that are not- likely to be available in the Course of the year.

5 Jam glad to learn from

your despater, that increase

of Revenue is anticipated