SECOND EDITION.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 150, 11 August 1903, Page 3

SECOND EDITION.

THE 'FJN&NCIAL STATEMENT.

(From Our Social Correspondent.)

NO LOAJT NEEDED AT PKESENT.^

WELLINGTON, This Day. The Financial Statement will sho.v fiat the Publio Works Fund has a credit of over «£1,CC3,000, and that there is no H6263sity for raising money for some months to coma. Thero was a slight j decrease per head of the' population Jast (year in Customs- taxation, oxcopt for I luxuries. With inspect to hospitals, it [ is recommended that Inspectors be given , greater powers.-- Last year the State ' paid over <£10d,0C9; with no^control. Gan- ' eroua provision is -nyida for primary, secondary, and. technical education on the Consolidated Fond. A number of national scholarships are t given in each educational district, urban, suburban, and rural. It is suggested that New Zealanders resident in Great Britian be appointed agents to encourage emigration of farm j hands. | The proposals for opening a market to I the East, Japan, and Java, made in 1897, are repeated. . * Provision is made for farms fer prisoners who are not habitual criminals and not coming within the scope of the law who are unable to provide themselves, when free. ! The expenditure on pubL'e works for the last twenty years was from 1870 to 1883 it was A surplus is shown of over £3CO,CZd. A general feeling prevails that the esti- ! mated credit balance disclosed is greater than that of last year.