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it clear that this grant will not in future be unconditional
but that it represents a maximum up to which Government will
contribute a dollar for every dollar raised by public subscrip-
tion.
Public Works Department,
The apparent increase in the staff of this department
is due to the transfer of officers whose salaries have hitherto
been met from loan funds.
Most of the items shown under Public Works Extraordinary
are commitments, or of the nature of commitments, that is to
say, expenditure on roads, drainage and waterworks necessitated
by the completion of new buildings.
The construction of a new Government store (item 5)
is the only new work under this head of any magnitude to be begun in 1937. Given facilities for purchase and storage in bulk of stores required for Government purposes, it is
expected that economies will be made possible which will
amply justify the expenditure to be incurred.
The new Central Market, provision for which will be
found under Loan Works, is necessitated owing to the collapse
of part of the old building. Markets are of course highly
remunerative undertakings and for this reason it has been
thought appropriate to make use of the balance of funds still
available from the loan rather than to attempt to finance
construction from revenue,
In conclusion I should like to express appreciation of the work done by Mr. Lee and his colleagues in preparing the Estimates and to ask such indulgence as you can spare an acting Colonial Secretary face for the first time with the
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