CO129-294 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [10-12] — Page 404

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I am forced

to adhere to the opinion

expressed in para: 9 of my

8

Despatch to 25 of

the

15th hour last that additional

with

my Despatch to 280

14 The items of Expenditure referred

to in the preceding paras: amount in the aggregate to about

$250,000 & will turn the

Estimated Surplus & for 1900 of

$105,000 into a deficit of

nearly $150,000.

a considerable

15 As however, half of the

Additional Expenditure

is

for works of permanent

improvement, which may properly be charged to Surplus balances

which have in part at least

r. Antrobus.

Tr. Cox.

b. Lucas.

r. Graham.

E. Wingfield.

Barl of Selborne.

Ir. Chamberlain.

[unless additional

taxes are imposed

taxation is

not immediately

required, I fear

but I should be unable

to sanction

any

additional

Co

expenditure during the current

year except on works

of permanent utility

or

of

in case

of urgency?

moreover

to point

out that I do not think

it desirable that the whole of