CO129-189 - Governor Hennessy - 1880 [7-9] — Page 353

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Finance Pommittee, by whom

item

every

was considered in the interval between

the second reading and the public

Committe.

14.

I encore An Your Cristips

intomatio exhucks

from

the local

papers of the proceedings on the Existative Council at cach clage of the Falternates. Sir Kerwick congratulated the Olong on very interfactory inte of its finances views as to the proceeds

being

#i

He criticised

of the sale of Grown Land not

ine

مة

rdinary

Revenue.

cousitued by have certainly spoken from time to time of our very limited Grown lands as being rather a part of our capital, and said

that I should writer to trank

as rever

the increment of increase in the Sunnel

value of Brown Ranch as the Colony progressed

Eskine howeven to ID. Keswické emiment

rosition

on such a

مان

busines

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his

subpct are entitled to

vers

great consitention. re called for explanations respecting the rustion of certain votes, - the Central School, the Fire Tanks, aud

Water supply. Whilst undertaking to

lay come papers on the table, I explained

M

fully as I could, the departmental mut other difficulties in proceeding with those works up to thee, and the explanations seemed to be exterfactory to the Council. The accumulative surplunce

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