The Star. MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1808.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 69, 3 August 1868, Page 2

The Star. MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1808.

Foil tho information of 1;1ioho who canno!) obtain accoMf) to tho noooMary documontN, wo luwo nmdo a closo and direful calculation of tho amount oxponded during Mjo paafc ilnnnoinl yonr on purely .Na-tivo purpoHOfl, Altogether, and inoliulin^ tho interest on tlio ,-£3,000,000 loan of 1803, which was mined boeaiiHO of Nalivo troubloa, it amonnta to over .001-0,000. Tho gross total is indood a startling mim, and vvhon wo coino to examine tho details wo arc not reconciled to tho burden, Wo givo tho inoro important of thoao in tho following lablo !-— Intercut on lonn of 18(1.'} X10!>,400 Armed GonHlaliulury ... ... 50,1)41 BiliU'lca of ofUcoJ'ri and general. conMiigoneiort <>f Native Dopai'j.mont 2:i,/>44 Chargcti on confiscated land* ... .14,700 Chatham Ihliuhlh guard and prlflOHOl'fl ..I ... 1. 1 0,-181 Native Bohooln ... ... ... 4,000 ClvJI Lint, Natlvft imrnoHM ... 7,000 ,I'cnflionfl" 1,441 Native FiaiulH Court ... ... 8,000 MlHCcllancoiiM ... „, „, 0,000 Total ... X.')4O,ISS If wo divide tho abovo Hum in proportion to Iho rovonuea of tho two nilandH r wo find that thoMiddlo Island bite paid about ;£2di7,oQ() during tho year. And, if wo carry tho division a littlo farther — in proportion to tho rovonuo of ouch province— -wo ohall urn'vo at tho vory Boi'ioiw fact that OiHitorbury han contributed at least ,jS80,()()0 or tho gross amount. Can wo nfl'ord to pay oven half that mini ovory yoai. 1 I'w Nativo pui«[johohP la it ri^hfc that wo Bhould pay ono penny more than our share of intorosl; on tho Throo Million Loan P Wo cannot avoid that. Wo li'imt our i-oadory will carol'ully woi#h tho facts of this most pressing and im porlant (]uc«l;ion. On tho basis of |)opulatiou, tho proportion of ;#JMO,OOO paid by tho Middlo Inland k ovoi 1 or about JCJ. I.os t>or head for cvory man, woman, and child. Dp thin mode, of calculation, tho contri. Imtiou <>l Canterbury to tho Native oxpendituro of tho past Anancial year in 11 1 > o ii 1/ J3 g 7 ,000^,