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Works (not all as yet, apparently~-

sanstioned by the War Office), which would cost One hundred and ten £110,000.

thousand pounds sterling; and it

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is suggested that the Colonial __

Legislature should be forth with

invited to vote a fresh

Aum

of

Fifty four thousand three hundred £14375 and Deventy five pounds sterling,

in addition to the sum

of Fifty £55625.

five thousand six hundred and

twenty five pounds sterling, which

it has

already

voted

on

the

invitation of Her Majesty's

Government.

Government.

Enclosure 2) 7.

It will be seen, further,

that, on this question, I observed

as

follows:-

(a) The Governor is precluded by the Queen's Colonial Regulations

from proposing to the Legislature a vote of this nature and magnitude without

the previous approval of Her Majesty's Government, except

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in cases

of pressing emergency.

(b) It would seem to be clearly

unnecessary

"See Colonial Regulations. Article 348.