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being of opinion that some

consideration was neee.

necessary

further

before

finally committing ourselves to it.

9.

The Balance to the

credit of the Colony

on

the pat____

January last was seven hundred $799,502.6.

and twenty nine thousand five

hundred and two dollars and two

cents, which had decreased on the

30th June last, to five hundred sixty $567.272.83

seven thousand two hundred and

seventy two dollars and eighty five sents, the greater portion of

which, vir. three hundred seventy $379.973.13

Mine

nine thousand nine hundred seventy three dollars and thirteen cents, has been invested in England by

Crown Agents, who are now

gradually realizing it.

10.

The

the

average monthly

expenditure for ordinary purposes

during the first six months of this

#95,954 year

was

ninety five thousand - nine hundred and fifty four dollars, and for extmordinary #32,258 works thirty two thousand twe

-hundred and fifty eight dollars, $128,212 making a total of one hundred

twei

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