CO129-273 - Governor Sir Robinson & Others - 1896 [10-12] — Page 389

Notice after the Estimates were passed. While

Althing

Ina prepared

approve g

...

These additional

appointments, I

would note

that

... of spin that great

... ok be exercised

I not to condone

All

the expenditure of the Office

Postal

is apparently being

which appears

increasing

at a faster

rate than the receipts

of the Dept, although

the latter are still in

excess of

the former.

I approve the votes

for the two Works referred to in para. 10-12 of your despatch, viz. $10,000 for

(which as a matter

of urgency

were begun last year,

I am given

to understand that such a road would be of great advantage

on the completion of new Gardeners' Cottage, + $10,000 (on account of

a total estimated Expenditure

of $126,000) for

a new

Road from Victoria Gap

to Mount Kellett Road.

I take this opportunity

4. I ask you

to consider

whether, when the

favourable

financial position of

the Colony is more, than at the present time,

some scheme for making a road round the Island to connect the city of Victoria with the

outlying villages should

not be taken in hand.

5. I notice that several

of the offices specified

in para. 40-42 of

your Estimates ought

to have been