CO129-290 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [1-4] — Page 170

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from

time to time

ad

vacancies arise

? approve.

As to para 4

yes GPJ EN

? Appone immediate hire of launches of auxit promind

Despatch

as

to purchase

of

Oneinches

As to paru + See 8771: if a complete Priozonomiticval & (adastral

saw be made.

for $67,000, which seems a I think it would be money well spent

survey

very moderate extinta

a para 36 of.

our

(27876)

wait that we hear

what sincline govt says in reply to incorre

will affe

as to para

.

I would suggest that the Road scheme might be carried

slowly thaw is proposed. I should have

· sawwhat more

i ght it would have been enough to for this year to begin

the brickle Pattes & to do work on the now-Ronds

mon gradually

"ponse to make

tonda

are

al

2 Ana

Frends permit. Moreover it might save

progress in Hand Settlement before the finally laid out, so

as to avoid possible claims

for speceration from present holders -

↑ Apprince the propored public buildings_

fana 7:

as to new appointment.

сий то

I think we must approve of the Doctor etc for the new Territory: & doing we should ask the Goor if he wants another Doctor sent out to succeed Dr Thompsom

? Also approve the app't of an Assistant Deputy Suft of Police,

9

x

during 1899, which is nearly half gone, suice por as they

Launcher they need not buy them just at present

au

hiring

inte

only

about

half of

the other items will probably come

the present year.

166

Para 9.

? Ray

we will susit

effe

As to increasing the existing Land Tax?

further definite propionals from him before coming to any

clusion, but express a hope that at a comparatively early date Revenue

of the bound frown Lauet which is

16th Jannery will be derived by leaving

"We would say on,

CPL

Idaket ser

is an!

fer

XHe w

of the proposed appointment of Mr Anlifax for this post ? but way for a that the Salary of $3,000 is too hight on and his to svelmit fresh propionals

hal ( gove the inf

of

the Amistat or Assistants in

& he ought to to get most

for the Sulay

Sulary of this post `&

Im Lochhar's off.

in connexion with the Classification of Salaries i pay of th sygested in the fast para: of ну

our Despatch on 23710 - [as to

which he promised a further Despatele in 83069-

As to para & Considerably less than $254,000 with require to be spent

Capforistion. Sag

Straits

He about

Laser

berand Sperring confidence in thargal

CPL

but it Handy for

CPL

at present unoccupied.

Para 10

Lov

The surplus remaining at the end of 1898 has fortunately turned out to be better thaw we auticipated in para sof

$15000_

Despatch on 25515 namely $83000 instead

18

of

In that Despatch we directed that certain Public Works should be postponed unless he raises fresh taxations. It appears from 12422 that he proposes fresh taxation, but perhaps that will only begin from the 1st January next-

to

Parall In any case there will be crough Funds in hand

awid the necessity of a Louw for some mouths to come; but wen may

I think pop approve the proponce if necessary temporarily overdraw in the Govt account at the back.

I have spoken to Sir M. Ommannay about this & he considers the 4pic charge proposed

account in

Mur

Jacksow very moderate I the usual charge in these taster Banks even ow,

about 6p.c.] Si tu. Ommanrey also tells man that the C.A could not conveniently make аму Houghing at the present time, as the temporary they have already obtained for other Colonies pending the parsing

advance to

a dvouces

the Colonial Loans bill amount to about £1,750,000.

give the

Secretary of State is willing to Paink? Say that the Secretary of State

some discretion in regard to unforeseen Expenditure ath that except in carci

your

dn't thinch Sü gente in the new

au be livstill with

with unlimited white with.

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of

Territory but meest

he wire prist seebuit to the Sofs any absolute urgency he wite

perforals involving considerable expenditure.

be convenient to keep the Revenue & Expenditure of the new

that while it where the and

say separate Account-

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