RETRENCHMENT.
Auckland August 27. Sir Robert Stoat la reply to questions from tbe Political Finance Reform Aasoclitlon, has famished the following Information: — Total cost of the harbor defences of the colony, lnolading amounts p»fd for land, etc., erection of all balldlngs, forts, with expense of prepMrlog sites, and nuking roads, etc., £155,243. Bums paid for gone, ammunition, electric lights, torpedo boats, £163,589. These figures aro ap to 31st Maroh, 1887, and inclusive of expenditure inourred since that date of £ 13,665 and £71,124 respectively. The Association has oirealated considerable information reipeotlng the qaestiona of retrenchment, and opened extensive correspondence with kindred societies throughout New Zealand, and also with leading politicians In the colony respecting the matter.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1648, 29 August 1887, Page 2
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115RETRENCHMENT. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1648, 29 August 1887, Page 2
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