CO129-285 - Acting Governor Major Gen Black - 1898 [9-10] — Page 423

as anticipated by

Externates-

The Balance was

ces in minutes on last year's

geven by O.A.G in Desfelch

in 8/18 (end of para 1) as $85-357 –

But from Statement A in fuel to this Despatch

the balance would sean to have bow about #92,000.

[I arrive at the above sam by deducting the

Estimated Loan Expenditure for 98 & the Estimated

of

Lowe on the sist from? from the Totre

balance

Excer

of

Amts over

Liabilities on 31st Dear 97

The ongual Estimates for 98/27373) showed an

77

anticipated balance of Revenue over Expendi- turn of $17000, (apart from Expenditure pagave froin Louw).

b'e insisted on there Estimates being cut down some $30,000 & this was done : (see 172?!

In spite of this however the Estimated Ialance

of

the Colony's assete on 31st proxe shows that (see last lack it is expected that the Expenditure for

1898 will

exceed the Revenue by $72,781.

ach reasm for

this was

4.W.√26.11 aley C.PLT

tack

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What should have

bren

G

balance

406

some forty or fifty thousand dollars

+

will therefore be a

416 defirit of over 70,080_

be met out of the balance im

This card

hand at the end

of 27, & there will

b

something between tenen & twenty thousand

dollars

There was

this

ves

apparently

no speech on the Retinater

year & the Acting (: See: in speaking on the Estimates (see aumaxed copy of weekly

Press) six not refer to current Expenditure.

We cannot thespre till what is the cause

of the alove deficit; but the outbreak of plague is probably in part at least

responsible.

The present state of things benig

described alroe,

they

висаете

framed ridiculously

4

follows:

the Retimates for 1899 in a

Extravagant fashion,