CO129-301 - Governor Sir Blake - 1900 [9-12] — Page 323

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2.

I have also received

your telegram of the 27th ultimo, stating that the amount of the lender for

fa

the spin for the

ensuing

years

period of thre

$750,000 a year,

that for the quarry farm

$40,000.

Owning

and

to this

over the cor-

large increase our

fa

responding payments the current period, the estimated deficit of $184,921.29 is converted into a surplus of

over

suffici

$500,000, which muffin-

indicates that the

ently vindicates

fuiances

a

ari

an

in off the Colony satisfactory condition

3.J

the quarry to in

your

Jassume that

farm refined telegram takes

the place of the item,

"Stone Quances, " under

Head 5 of the Revenue Estimate

321

Ishould be glad, havever, it you would furnish

with

further information on this I do not affiar

point,

as

been

no report scenes

to have recrid any report

of the constitution of this farm.

4. Taking into

Consideration the increases

in the tenders for the

о

O puin and

Q.

Farms,

Quany

fa 1901

the estimated revenue

is $4,302, 349, which in

260

about $322,000 in excess

of the revised estimate for the current

only $693,500 in

63.00000

of the actual 1701899

year,

revereme

and

of

5. Inote that the Land Revenue of the New

Teritory is expected to $140, yula $140,

one. The enged

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