steam flats and lighters, which carry cargo as high as Guildford, and occasionally some miles beyond that town; there is also a small steamboat plying regularly to the Vasse; there are also several small yachts, both at Perth and Fremantle.
The Revenue and Expenditure of the Colony has kept pace with the trade, and the Expenditure with the Revenue, as will appear from the following table:—
| Year. | Colonial. | Imperial Grant-in-aid. |
Total Revenue. |
Expenditure. |
| 1849 | £9,596 | £7,134 | £16,781 | £17,061 |
| 1854 | £26,781 | £5,434 | £32,216 | £33,694 |
| 1859 | £48,754 | £9,191 | £57,945 | £54,918 |
| 1869 | £88,652 | £15,610 | £103,662 | £103,124 |
| 1878 | £147,335 | £14,853 | £162,169 | £179,484 |
This is exclusive of the expenditure incurred by Great Britain for the Convicts, Pensioners, &c., which in 1876 amounted to £55,773, making the total expenditure for that year £235,257. The cost of the Convict Department has, however, much decreased, the amount expended in 1868 for Military and Convicts was £115,628.
The Colonial Expenditure (with the exception of £655 19s. 5d. in 1876 for the Volunteer Corps), is for Civil Services, including Schools, Clergy, &c. By the Ordinance "to provide for the establishment of a Legislative Council" (No. 13, 1st Session 1870), the sum of £4,480 was made payable, out of the Revenue of the Colony, to the Crown for the maintenance of the Executive, and thus appropriated:
| Governor … | £700 |
| Private Secretary and Clerk of Executive Council … | £250 |
| One Clerk … | £80 |
| Chief Justice … | £1000 |
| Colonial Secretary … | £800 |
| Surveyor General … | £600 |
| Attorney General … | £500 |
| Treasurer … | £550 |
