Proposals for the Future.

Manawatu Times, Volume X, Issue 1330, 25 October 1884, Page 2

Proposals for the Future.

Taking the present year as a start* 3ng point, the. object of this year will be, to bring the expenditure charged on the consolidated fund within the mieans of that fund without the aid of* the prdperty tax. We foresee that -that caii be done by shifting to? rlpcal 'expenditure some of the present charges made on the ConsO* lidated fund, notably v charitable aid, amounting to. some £10G,00a«-^ear. It is clear that the local bodies can not undertake this without additional revenue, and to dispense with needless points of controversy at,pr.esent, we may suppose that the iiOtyObqig supplied by either a 1 property taic or a land tax ; but other revenue will have to.be supplied to local bodies, as * it cannot be satisfactory to continue for a lengthened period the poMcy of making and maintaining roads and bridges out of borrowed,, money, which has been virtually, going 'on for some, time. The borrowing for roade and bridges cannot be brought tp & conclusion abruptly, butits cessation must be an end kept m view..' • tr. "" I propose to ask the House to vote m all tiis year, for liabilities alreWjexisting, and .'for new undertalnng&: to be presently enfciired into.iihoiifum of £2,810,280, ma.de ; up as follows: Immigration, £100;000 ; departmea* tal, £80,057 jsrailways, £1,467,516; roads, ; waterworks om goldfields, £12,587 ; . purchajie of na» tive .lands, £90,000; iejegrsiph ex% tension^ with liabilities, £29.322; publics building, £171,104; lighthouses and harbor' worksi £55,916, and;charg"eis and expenses. of raisipf Joaiis :.£ 1 6,^00. With theexceptioa of the vote.for railways m cours&of 'Construction, I dcunot -consider it necessary to state heta 'our propbialf Wiiifci i-egard to eact individual work. All the necessary information •> ' wiih regard to the road ,works ; &c., whick are proposed will be iound m the estimates ! which .1 shall presently la^ before the House". . „ , •'*. •'"'"'•-'■ NIPIEB TO ; WOOpvILLE AND BujTHT- -" , -.j'. .: ■ THOBPI6.. ,; ' „.,'-- .< This line we propose to cdniplei* throughout as rapidly as 'pdisible the vote proposed for the construe* M> coyer as much of it as^c«n conveniently be let by contract before the next meeting of' ParliftS ment;-' ; ; - ;• _■ ■ ; ■• ;• "■ ;-.••---■■;; ; ... ; oi WellingtonsWdodville." \ The vote proposed for this wjll & feuffibien^ tp 1 complete the eectibni it present m hand. •.::,.-!.-!'. ,New iPlyniQuth-FoxtoliA . The vote now proposed for this line is estimated .to 'fie^sufficient to -complete and equip v thg ••' fjulwa^ through ,' including the ; extension from K^ew. Plymouth . to - the break* Water. „,,>. i,-.'. ,'..-. ._,,,_ • . ; ; .- Weilington^Poxton v,-/; i: " In; this nase the vote': is mertjy to cover existing liabilities on; 'account of la%d purchases, ! &c;;6.rigifiaii^ un» der taken by the' Government .' ~ Main Trunk Railway (North Island) The Government has pn mo^e tjian one becasipn ;expre > B>Be^'cqAvi6tipi{.of8 > Be^'cqAvi6tipi{.of the expediency of hastening forward to. the utmost the construction^ of ihe i North L Island Trunk, railway; and the routi having heen decided >f have been enabled to issti^' instructionsfor the 1 survey t6 be|p r b6eeded with for the 'first section south:, of Te Aramutu, anid 1 . hopein C£\ few ; we^s to be able to.-^alX lor.. ;tender» .for this work. I shall leave, to m* |colleague,.the N"ativ© Ministerj ihm task of obtaining land along the lm£ •Itiwill benecessary m any caserto" icommence the (Jonstructio'v at' the iother end of the line, and wiilgrea«y W^lStfj:^. ■■ ? a K^ prpsecutioa iof ithe.^offc if, the^cpnstruciion; of iith'e : iWellington « ftlanawatu railway.- i»' Ivigorously/pushed/dn,' I ; -