AUCKLAND’S FINANCIAL POSITION.

Evening Star, Issue 4082, 27 March 1876, Page 4

AUCKLAND’S FINANCIAL POSITION.

Ihe ( Bißt,p£,ijhe case as, between the Provincial Govertfment oi Auckland and the General Govern- ; ment is this.; Sir George Grey applied' for certainmoneys whifth he allegedwere due to Auckland in accordance ; with agreement entered into at the close of last session, -between the Colonial Treasurer;and Provincial Treo«irer, Sir J. Yogel replied that the Colonial Treasurer had no recollection of thengrcement as t® capitation balance dne the Province being Ll.OOO'permontlras alleged, and pointing out that what conflictedjvjfch the expectations=of. the Provinci^l. ;.jrm ,the stoppage ■pf ,L3,0J4 for railway deficiencies. He,,also points out fiat the stoppage is made under the Islh section of the Immigration andr Vfofks Act, and adds that, VtaWtlgh- a ' Clerical error* in the <clause,’ 1871- ds ..usedilinatead .of -1872.. , The Solicitor GbneQd;ls of. opinion; that any Gourtwould construe the tttits obvious intention. SirJ; Vogel, while prOfes|ing the utmost desire to coopemtewith, Sir G.-Grey tbpromote the interns of Auckland, says fhpeourse taken id the thatter was' by law. He suggests that the matter might he easily arranged if the ProvincialTreasurer. -would-come -to- Wellington.— Major Atkinson telegraphs .to Mr Wood concurrently with Sir J. Vogel's reply, “There is every desire to carry out arrangement; if you wimld run down, we could come to. ?atjafactory, agr eem t nt, lam sure, in a very Yevs^hotefelf. /Mr -Wood replidd-He-Wotud go by the Phoebe if Sir G,-Grey agreed; hut in said.he had written a memo, . on. the , jegranl. which would n-iake the th ; obviate- thSnCceskfty'df hi# Then follows a serids of long tele&amsHctwsen Sr George Grey:andSir Julius Vogel. The former denies the justice of the course taken by the. General Government, and. submits m snpport ; of Ins view-that the mittenlopinion of Mr against ithat of - file' Solicitor-General Mgfflfdinf the point in dispute.- In the course of Sir Georgewey.’s correspondence, he dwells.npon the injustice of depriving Auckland of the revenues raised within her boundaries, and refers at length to the Piako swamp purchase, ihe-. Tairua, to the OhincmdriJSKSera’. Rjghts .Comnritteej as instonces of illegal and improper action of the Gene al'Govemment. On the 13th Sir George Grey telegraphed to the Treasurer—" Have received Tre. sury account. - shhwing- credit balance to- Auckland lA,4m> Please remit same at once-” SirJ. Vogel replying-, sain rthat,iSir George Grey omitted to look at both sides of the question, and points, out that although there was that .amount "to the ,credit on .the. capitation account, yet there was the - Auckland aitd • Mefber EafbyajV on

account of which the Commiasioher’s * audit -said gtoupnge must ho made. Sir-J, Vogel also offers to send Sir George GKrey somo figures regarding the as_he. }a not favorably impressed withmanner in which his Honor ignores the fact that but for tlie ejrtrnneous assistance whiCha&noUand receives from the.General Government, it could not carry on its business. The Renter into a. political discussion while arrangmga matter of bußincss,