CO129-285 - Acting Governor Major Gen Black - 1898 [9-10] — Page 424

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Estimated Expenditure 1899

$3,087, 971

Revenue

18

#2,886, 137-

(

is stated that of then

In a Footnote it is stated that

Expenditure $183,700 is chargeable to Louw.

If this

amount caw

be so charged then

in saging there is amon

O.A.& is right

I balance showw of $ 11865-

But the Footnote to fuel: 4 shows that

the lotimated Total yalance of the Loww

off the 31st prose will be only $167,775- Point this!

and, if so, the works chargeable to Loew

must be paid for from ordinary Current Revenue to the extent of about $16000_

}

We are

some

of

only

therefore faced by

$5000

an actual deficit

on the coming year - I have

balance

paltry little sufirit of

liruly

thousand

ten to

dollars in hand.

AbhakaÚ ER

have

that

A

out CPL.

i should be accur

There is no provision

Moreover what

This

years fiares

will not be repeated

4 that we shall not fund

at the end of

X

agree

G.WZ

그리

in

timates for any proposed new

Goe ildings.

L(x)-865-2000-12-97 6812-1000-6-98

1894 that Expenditure has brew as

underestimatore for think

year as for 1898?

417

My views are that the gove should be told

immediality

to introduce further Taxation

or to cut down

show

al

out

there

Ectionater so as to

extimated excess of expenditure

Revenue of

1)450,000 to meet ordinary possible eventualities

2) $ 50,000 more

стися сти

5) a further sum

expenditure on

in hand this

ain

very

t

to meet possible expenditure.

with the

Kew

territory.

of $50,000 to mut initial

new P.0 if it is to be taken

year.

anxious if possible to avoid cutting

douw the increases

allowed firm

increases of Sulacier and Stuff

on then stiinter, in the majout

cases at least, & I therefore ticest that freak Taxation & the futting loww of leble works will be the methods reported lò.

Turning to the actual items of the Estimates the O.A.G's Despatch is full of explicit &

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