CO129-260 - Governor Sir Robinson Acting Governor O-Brien - 1893 [9-12] — Page 222

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1872 prepared by the Treasurer.

In pursuance of the

instruction contained in

! N.

for

129120

the second paragraph of Your Lordship's despatch No. 140 of 8th ultimo, and the statement relating to the Central Praya reclamation fund,

in the fourth paragraph of the same despatch.

2.

The amended statement of revenue and expenditure shews a surplus of revenue over expenditure chargeable against the revenue of the year of $118,079, but it should be borne in mind that 1892 was in several respects quite an exceptional year as regards revenue, and that it would not be safe to take it as a guide for the future. In 1892 the revenue was benefited in an exceptional manner by $20,000 on account of the sale of the lazaretto to the Military authorities, and by $60,000 on account...

Encl: 2

14th October 1893.

over

2203

the

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! 1872 prepared by the Treasurer. In pursuance of the instruction contained in ! N. for 129120 the second paragraph of Your Lordship's despatch No. 140 of 8th ultimo, and the statement relating to the Central Praya reclamation fund, in the fourth paragraph of the same despatch. 2. The amended statement of revenue and expenditure shews a surplus of revenue over expenditure chargeable against the revenue of the year of $118,079, but it should be borne in mind that 1892 was in several respects quite an exceptional year as regards revenue, and that it would not be safe to take it as a guide for the future. In 1892 the revenue was benefited in an exceptional manner by $20,000 on account of the sale of the lazaretto to the Military authorities, and by $60,000 on account... Encl: 2 14th October 1893. over 2203 the ## Notes on formatting: 1. The original text was reformatted into proper paragraphs. 2. Obvious OCR errors were corrected (e.g., "Streasurer" to "Treasurer", "conte" to "Central", "samic" to "same", "Enel" to "Encl"). 3. Missing or unclear words were indicated with "..." when necessary (e.g., after "$60,000 on account"). 4. The original page layout and line breaks were not preserved where they didn't make logical sense. 5. The text was not translated, and no comments were added.
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2. ! 1872 prepared by the Streasurer. pursuance of the in instruction contained in ! N. for 129120 the second paragraph of Your Lordship's despatch- No 140 of 8th ultimo, and the Sag statement relating to the conte Praya reclamation fund, in the fourth- I called for paragraph of the samic despatch. 2. The amended statement of revenue and expenditure shews a surplus of revenue over Enel: 2 14th October 1893. over 2203 expenditure chargeable ~ against the revenue of the year of $118,079, but it should be borne in mind that 1892 was in several respects quite an - exceptional year as regards revenue, and that it would. safe to take it as a not be guide future. In 1892 the revenue an to the near. exceptional benefited manner in by- $20,000 on account of the sale of the lararetto to the Military authorities _ by #60,000 on account 1
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2.

!

1872 prepared by the Streasurer.

pursuance of the

in

instruction contained in

! N.

for

129120

the second paragraph of Your Lordship's despatch- No 140 of 8th ultimo, and the Sag statement relating to the conte Praya reclamation fund,

in the fourth-

I called for

paragraph of the samic

despatch.

2.

The amended statement

of revenue and expenditure shews a surplus of

revenue

over

Enel: 2

14th October 1893.

over

2203

expenditure chargeable ~

against the revenue

of

the

year of $118,079, but it should be borne in mind that 1892 was in several respects quite

an

- exceptional year as regards

revenue, and that it would.

safe

to take it as a

not be

guide

future. In

1892 the revenue

an

to the near.

exceptional

benefited

manner

in

by-

$20,000 on account of the sale of the lararetto to the Military authorities _ by #60,000 on

account

1

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