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revenue, postage

postage and other

income

arising from

progress of tave and the

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the revenue (without the

of any the statement put before

about Live

imposition

Stamp

taxes) has risen from

items

of public

Mi

the

for 1876, to

years ago, from $885,308 $1,309, 428 in 1881.

the

folony

4.

2.

was

year

Compared with the

1880, the increase

the

revenue in the last twelve months

was about a

quarter of

a million

an

of dollars, that is

augmentation

of twenty five per

cent

of

revenue

in one

year.

j.

This increase is not

Laye Put he

merely moing to the purchase of

Crown land

for

commercial and

manufacturing purposes, but is to

be traced in the details

of

the

Stank

general security and prosperity of

gaines

The

expenditure in 1881 $895,985, showing a surplus

the Treasury transactions

of the year amounting to $410, 442. This surplus

was obtained without

any attempt at unduly curtailing "the necessary establishments and 14 services of the Colony. Compares

with the

in 1881

1880, I sanctioned

ear 1880,

year

a moderate increase in

the charges for Education, for Medical and Sanitary purposes,

the