CO129-185 - Acting Governor Marsh Governor Hennessy - 1879 [6-12] — Page 79

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are recovered.

The local expenditure up to

3it May amounted to $380,786

and an estimate

for

the

remaining 7 mouths of the year give $553,000

or

$915.786.

Alama

about $10,000 less than the original estimate. There is therefore probability of a surplus Revenue of the present year of about $54,000..

4.

In addition to ordinary expenditure as provided in the retinater, which includes the Lock Hopital and Lunatic Asylum, for neither has the authority been yet received

to commence the work,

of which

there

are

Agent

5400

N:2.

the Praya reconstruction works the ent

of

which

acending

to

your despatch

F

uly

1878 L

9th May 1.38 is to be advanced

from Special Fund. The expentiture

this head is accordingly Kept separate

Ma

The Annosed statement qwill

shew

that $46,526.06 was excended last

was

year of which $35,000 wone defrayen from the Precial Fund. Furtier exsendition up to the 31th May which has been defrayed from General Avenue leaves the Special Fund a debtor at that Late of $65,778.35 and the Surveyor General estimates that he will require a further

Jum

F $120,000 during the present year. The Special Fund

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