The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-02-25
dolls. 2s4.557 81

II may excite furpre in the reader to fee, ,lrst bur
'Ss dolls were III the 'rreslury the nj of October
iso5 though so thouiand had been paid during
the proceeding September and were all applicable to
the expenes OF the year commencing the 1T of Ot4o-
Der but he is anfwered by being informed that So
thoui'nd dos. were expended in September, imme-
faisiy alter they were received in dilcharye of war
rams which hadbeen drawn on the treary & remain
cd ahoat Tor want Of money dhcharge them. This
Jingle fact Is iucient to overfet the whole fabric a.
bout hrpui
To return again to the inbje4. The atfuaI and
efficient refourees of the year commencing the FRI of
October 1905, aud terminating the 3oth of Septen,-
Der 1906, agreeably my mode of calculating, A
mounts TO 6saf,557 dolls. 81 cents lefs than the Il
mount ated in the report Of the committee Of f.
nance, which have feen publifhei in the Enquirer
by I'll" fun Of 5,5rs dolls. 81 cts. a, will appear by
comparing ehem together. This Ultimate differs from
that OF the committee of finance in form only except
as to one item. The committee have calculated on
the whole tax and deducted $50 dolls. and GO CTS
winch were Immediately paid after they were recei.
we'd into the treafury, in diIcharge of warrants al
ready drawn They have taken the aggregate of the
ax' and have fpecihed the particular parts paid and
unpaid, and the only difference between us is tina,
they have iuppoied that the arrearage of the tsx
payable in 1905, will he met by the arrearsee of the
AK payable IL 1904. coming in in 1905, and have
therefore made no deduction account of any def
e'ehry which may happen in the payment ofthe re-
venue oil 1901. But they have in the $1,000 dolls
on account of arrearages prior 1904, included the
arrease which they fuppofe will make up the defic
ency and OF conric ought again to calculate ON
that arrearage. ] have on the other hand fuppoied
deficiency in the payments of 9o75 dolls.
winch is the fnaet thar has heretofore exifted
Agreeaby TO fatemsnt now before me, the I,e
giliatrre have appropriated during the current year
3zoo9i dolls IS cts. and they have refources to the
amount o' 2s4557 dolls. 81 cts. that is, they have
appropriated 1886 dolls and SO cts. more than
they po'eis, or their refources are ccien, bv ria,
inn. However in the pentude Of their wifdonr tbev
declare to the world, they have frpIus of 81 thou
land dolls and fupport their declaration by caIcaa,
ons and arguments which are founded upon Ivaep
Oh arithmetic and logic, the knowledge of which s
oonuned 10 themie!ves. I am no fnanc;er NOR
am aecniomed to competition. but flioad be much
peaeh lone one OF the financers of the new fehool
w"nidreply tony reafonng and acuIa.ons forI vii
much to earn this happy knaek of making furplur,o
our OF ho'h'ng. obferve in the debates of RI.
'ohie OF Delegates, that the words e,6Jeg,, End Eli
~,* are great favorites and III can he induced in
af"g TIER phraleology, would conclude this num-
Der By nh!erving, that during their Is,s set6on
t"e legislature OF Virginia have formed curious
Le1fiative efh5ts IL was prel.ca,eS upon fon,e or
ne mon t"dffisrf executions from Office that ever Go
na!'zedHny iaOinO5 body ofmen, and abyo.o, II wa,
ea3red with an enormous fatenient of the reC,ce.
OF thf taie The Editor of the Enquirer would fay
the middle part conflted in ABORTION.
A VIRGINIAN FARMER