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his power of disallowance

in respect of the Appropriation

Ordinance for 1929, Ordinance

No.14 of 1928.

2.

I am pleased to learn

of the improvement in the financial

position and prospects disclosed

by these estimates. There are,

however, considerable increases in

expenditure in prospect.

References

were made in the Acting Colonial

Secretary's speech to the necessity

for increases in the salaries of

the Civil Service generally, and

the Salaries Commission which has

recently been approved, will no

doubt lead to a considerable

increase in expenditure. It

appears probable for instance,

that in order to minimise defalca-

tions such as have recently occurred

in

? omit

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