CO129-489 - Governor Sir Stubbs & Sir Clementi - 1925 [8-12] — Page 364

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Sir,

I have the honour to submit for the

signification of His Majesty's pleasure Ordinance No.16

of 1926 intituled "An Ordinance to apply a sun not exceeding Eighteen million seven hundred and sixty-seven thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven Dollars to the Public Servic of the year 1926", together with the Attorney General's report upon it.

I enclose eight copies of the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure, an Abstract showing the differences between the Estimates of Expenditure for 1925 and 1926, and the usual Financial Statements.

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THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S. AMERY, M.P.,

&C.

&C..

&c.

The present and immediate future are so uncertain that an Estimate of Revenue can be little more

than guess work, but I do not think that I am being over optimistic in believing that trade will revive and the

revenue recover early in the new year. I may say that the

latest

The Budget was introduced into the Legislative Council on the 8th of October and on the first reading of the Bill I delivered the address of which I enclose a copy. The second and third readings were taken on the 22nd of October and a report is enclosed of the proceedings of the Council on that date.

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