To the Editor of the Daily Southern Cross.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIV, Issue 3399, 8 June 1868, Page 3

To the Editor of the Daily Southern Cross.

JLU VUV J3VUWVA V* W»»w •—■ ■"»• ~ - - - Sir,— Our worthy Provincial Council are expected to meet in » few days. Can we by any means conjecture the subjects which may be brought forward for their grave deliberation? We m»y very justly suppose thtt the principal item for discussion t will bo « how to raise the wind." By what °°f™* nc « J» our talented Councillors bring money^ 11 Qto_ toe pub lio purse? According to all account, the Treasury M Jmptv ; * D d the money which will be required far the p?/m y entof tbesalari«of Go^^ ensuing «x months is yet to be collected. B«|t whete or how thi. money is to be had is the great difficulty. The only resource left appears to be the publujan* licenses. Thi» in my opinion is a slight afiair for the whole Government "staff " to rest upon. Suppose the publioan« were to have a meeting among themtelTes and pass a resolution to the, effect, 1 nw, business having become so slack of late, it w entirely out of our power to pay the forty or fifty p»,uitf « which are demanded for our licenses ; and further, to a man we declare tbatbe,fore we submit to a contumance of such extortion we will shut up every one U our houses by the Ist of July." , If the pubUcans^f Auckland had any spirit in them they w,o,uldtacy ■onwtbing pf the kind,— l am» *o«i >_ j ,>