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engaged with the Aloting Auditor General (Mr Stewart), and the Treasurer in carefully looking into the decounts of Revenue and Expenditure, with the view

of ascertaining what amount of Revenue is likely to be received by the end of the present year, and of effecting such reductions of cxpenditure as were.

were possible

in order to reduce as

far as

practicable the anticipated defiert in the Budget.

The Revenue of 1884

tirtel

e million two hundred Enteen thousand

Avas

originally estimated at

or hundred and $1,213,598 which sum shewed a inety eight.

wenty thousand surplus of #20000 over the

estimated expenditure. I regret

ne million one

to say

that I now

nou“ see

of the Revenue yielding

no chance

more-

and fifty on than $1,151,000. There will, if

Thousand,

this

anticipation is realized, be a

housand and reduction of $62,500

Sixty two cortand five hundred

One Million one-

on the

amount originally reckoned on.

3.

The original Estimate

hundred ninety of Expenditure was.

Three

four hundred & Minty

One.

red+minitate which should be added

De hundred & dupplemental votes

twenty one

1,193,491.

since

121977.

there the as the passed amounting to.

seventy seven.

cumillion the making a total of...$1,315, 468

undred fifteen

our hundred + sixty

light,

But