CO129-210 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1883 [6-7] — Page 488

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unquestionably onerous and unequal in its incidence—unless in the extreme case

no other mode

of there being open to the Government of supplying the deficiency.

The Committee, however,

is able to point to the colonial

accounts as

year in

showing not only

in excess

an

ordinary revenue, and

increasing ordinary expenditure but also large cash accumulation in the Treasury, which cannot be expended on the public works

in progress or projected for some years to come. The Committee

altogether concurs in the views expressed by His Excellency in the 8th paragraph of his published reply to the deputation to which I have already alluded, that the cost of public works of a permanent character should be met by a colonial loan and desires to add the expression of its opinion

that such a loan might be raised either here or in London on comparatively favourable terms and would be a great convenience to certain classes of investors.

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unquestionably onerous and unequal in its incidence—unless in the extreme case no other mode of there being open to the Government of supplying the deficiency. The Committee, however, is able to point to the colonial accounts as year in showing not only in excess an ordinary revenue, and increasing ordinary expenditure but also large cash accumulation in the Treasury, which cannot be expended on the public works in progress or projected for some years to come. The Committee altogether concurs in the views expressed by His Excellency in the 8th paragraph of his published reply to the deputation to which I have already alluded, that the cost of public works of a permanent character should be met by a colonial loan and desires to add the expression of its opinion that such a loan might be raised either here or in London on comparatively favourable terms and would be a great convenience to certain classes of investors.
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unquestionably onerous and sinequal in its insidence- unless in the extreme case no other mode of there being open to the Government of supplying the deficiency. The Committee, however, is able to point to the bolonial accounts as year in showing not only in excess an f ordinary revenue, parag increasing ordinary expenditure butales large cash accumulation in the Treasury, which cannot be expended on the Fublic works - in progress or projected for some years to come. The Committee altogether 477 altogether concurs in the views expressed by stis Excellency in the 8th paragraph of his published reply to che deprctation to which I have already alluded, that the cost of public works of a permanent character при by a bionial loan and desires to add che should be met expression of it's opinion that such a loan might be raised either here or in kufand on comparatively favourable terms and would be a great co convenience to certain classes of investors s of invectors in the blondy
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unquestionably onerous and sinequal in its insidence- unless in the extreme case

no other mode

of there being open to the Government of supplying the deficiency.

The Committee, however,

is able to point to the bolonial

accounts as

year in

showing not only

in excess

an

f

ordinary revenue, parag

increasing ordinary expenditure butales large cash accumulation in the Treasury, which cannot be expended on the Fublic works

- in progress or projected for some years to come. The Committee

altogether

477

altogether concurs in the views expressed by stis Excellency in the 8th paragraph of his published reply to che deprctation to which I have already alluded, that the cost of public works of a permanent character при

by a bionial loan and desires to add che

should be met

expression of it's opinion

that such a loan might

be raised either here or in

kufand on comparatively favourable terms and would be a great co

convenience to

certain classes of investors

s of invectors in the blondy

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