CO129-209 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1883 [5] — Page 51

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You propose to take with regard to this a view to gradually imperating out the necessary improvements. A vote of $20,000 should be taken this year to carry out the work which the Surveyor General considers to be most urgent, and when the estimates for 1884 are laid before the Council, it should be carefully considered what sum should be voted during that year for further expenditure on this purpose.

You will, I trust, insist that the annual expenditure shall be confined within the annual estimate as far as possible. It is regrettable that it has been found necessary to take this supplementary vote of $20,000 for 1883. As a rule, expenditure should not exceed the annual estimates.

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You propose to take with regard to this a view to gradually imperating out the necessary improvements. A vote of $20,000 should be taken this year to carry out the work which the Surveyor General considers to be most urgent, and when the estimates for 1884 are laid before the Council, it should be carefully considered what sum should be voted during that year for further expenditure on this purpose. You will, I trust, insist that the annual expenditure shall be confined within the annual estimate as far as possible. It is regrettable that it has been found necessary to take this supplementary vote of $20,000 for 1883. As a rule, expenditure should not exceed the annual estimates. Page ... was removed as there is not enough context to determine the page number, and the instruction to keep "Page XX" is followed only when it appears exactly six times (three at the beginning and three at the end). The text was reformatted into paragraphs, and minor corrections were made to spelling, spacing, and punctuation to improve readability while preserving the original content and tone.
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Comuse which

You poopose to

take with reageerd to this

a view to gradually imperating

out the

the carrying necessary improvements.

A vote

q ๆ

Ħ

20000 Should

be taken this

yoou

to carey

pay for the work which the

Suracy or general considers to

Surveyor

be most

ligent

and when

the estimates for 1884 are

laid befor

and which should be at once

водит

the further expenditiore

the Council it

Should be carefully considmed

what sum should be voted

during that year for

expenditure on this prepose

and Corbat

dearing the

year

stations should be taken

3 9

regrat

that it has

to

50

been found necessary falls this sufflementary

vote foot of

$20000

for 1883 g as a rule

You

:

will is I trust

insist that the annual

Estimates statt be

excreded expenditure shall

be det

for as possible

confined within the annual estimate.

Z

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