, 1872-03-13

Total Expenditure

Tho VagUarmum said that honorable Members are in possession the Draft ana have seen
wards $4,000 Its we'll known to the Council fom previous communications hiatt the whole es
messy " APmh m "nn, ro|%Irw not enn reaIfd IS Hatas consequence the actual tlurse
mmsfav entb beer at large as put downo the Budget At the Sne time " e can not Dobmdothe
y1 o1V M mS % some oi 9 t me Tsn' Oh r nr" u%%,E ~4 % b" f mMo vrI ~ S7P P3Tw Vas carried ont with a
it Sony estimated at $4,000 and Will perhaps eepb less BMta@o are circumstance" over
find that while in this latter year they were put down at sl86OOO, they onow estimated ate
consideration that hkr dcdW expenditure shews itself Notwithstanding that several extraordinary
building expenses are now proposed for building purposes that haveM orr length Of time boonnoc@-
erred for instance $1,000 for repairs tot the CottILme in CliNitrtel $LI70tr PoIcoOhco
% nMJ h%n ga at rP PaHoenrn0 % TarsJ6 ' s ss8 Sr % wS so %I in o 6 Unm% If these ouraorunay
expenses had not been proposed, there woddH reality havebo na reduction fa6"ot $4,000 ON.
pared with l8l72. But there is howsyra deficiency ofnoary $Ioo33- &2"MEin5 the dr.
fmntc changes by which the deduction in the expense has been effected tho Military, Expenses
the principal item which vas formerly $4,000 P a., BUT now $4l 0G2 consequently @Pqo
less, and in future evn $IL000;fn consequence of the Law of 1870 providing hrm ePeM%0M
Superior Authority in the Mother Country, an an"nTI $500 has m saved inc salary " T 1o
Bookeper Office S5O saved; in ali $l55I0 which the normal expenses hereafter will beh@uan
hthero-In dealing now with the q1@dGnh hoy the deficiency is to be met for the coming year, ne
yesi since the now financial position was established 3 of them AYE gyn exoG @% OF rFeuo M anu
to be noticed that some of the expenses in those yensw We're not norma, but extraordinary and not
belonging to the regular expenses of the Island; 70 naancom 1866 there W. an enFaoran"y out" out
lay of about ST. 200 in alin alof 1e sufferers By the do in ChHsha1des IN 1851 1851, S%o48 Lao ana
ofhe sufferers by the hurricane at St TMma3 thona large amount for @&G"by aee M %
w ners $4,000. OfAe three yeasn which Their have been deficits in Me public budget inot tone
csoha the position dthc Island loenso fvouarabe omet the emergency as 5ptsm, mm con.
of the colony at present OF course the different accounts fr the current year are my made made u t% the
syis s93730; of which an amount of 25934 was special funds Of dealings etc, 81 that the
balance really belonging ohp Colonial Treasury is s6T8O3 Against this sum there is a debt
$39512 to tes ttenemuy, leaving c $4,000 in Gvour fhe Island But to tins TINS mt De- %s1
mumtf $4,000 due by ST. Thons Colonial Treasury for expenses betrayed dE iron %f ms U Hn% al
an nomtd of 77175 on the t of February 1872. For February and MTch the expense ar"
calculated at $780, 100 and the ordinary expenses :" $1,000 9 so a that there @o W" 1 BE tF"w" f %uom
the defceucy from former yerS there is umor to kz for corii@ables umus his favourable
for the cunent year a surplus ncom9 calculated at $4,000 This is accounted for by an aell
expenditure up to the md of January Of $154A63, add to that the calculated expenditure for FEB
rury and March $4,000, making "a Il to aIt March $4,000 tho revenue received up to
at@Jsau@y amouuadn s12zO46, add to that the revenue February and March $1,000 max
nothing further as comment on those mes: they speak for themselves. as demonsnaungh the ri
position Of the Country; only one mnkh woqd max in connection % onna t% ao T hnIn Island land Is
ing ruined. The Island made last year upwards of 5000 hoyheads of sugar; that hWs what the
man n ay any exmmg pr@peiy is normal Be, just SO little can the reverse be looked upon
asnormh TIE Island dmteii in a manner similar to my individual estate one y@rth' returns
may be large andher yersm mall; the O'u'e lies in circumstances beyond our CONTROL O' up'uu