A sum of £900 or £1000 has also been expended in excess of estimates for Defence buildings the late Govt. refunded about £4000 for this purpose and it was then supposed that this sum would be sufficient, the expence of timber labor and cartage and necessary alterations required by the officer commanding the civil forces has occasioned the additional expenditure of £900 or £1000. It is submitted that charges of this nature are not borne by any other Province and that Hawkes Bay should not be