least among them, the Governor's office which saw a reduction to its budget of $17,000 and the Legislature itself, which is to reduce operational costs by almost $50,000.

While overseas travel of Government ministers has been controversial, Mr. Cox has reduced the funds available to the Cabinet for this purpose by $84,000.

Other cuts affected a wide array of programmes including some in defence, agriculture, works and engineering, social insurance and financial assistance.

The single largest chop was seen in the Tourism Ministry where Mr. Cox cut the sporting events budget by a whopping $880,000. Other cuts made in the ministry included a reduction in funding for publications of $329,000 and the cessation of Miss Tourism sponsorship at $8,000.

Other programmes axed in the budget include the temporary employment initiative in the Ministry of Works and Engineering at $150,000 and the citrus spray programme, which would have cost Government $213,000.

Over $500,000 was cut in some works and engineering programmes, including street sweeping, highway construction, solid waste overtime, stone quarry crushing and transport management and maintenance.

In health, cuts of $28,000 were made and will affect subsidies for outpatient pharmaceuticals and haemodialysis. The National Drugs Commission saw a reduction in its grant of $500,000 due to a delay in the implementation of Drug Court.

The number of overseas training camps for Bermuda Regiment recruits will be reduced and fewer recruits will be allowed to attend. The move is estimated to represent a cost savings of $106,000. Mr. Cox has also reduced the number of Loan Service Officers at the Regiment to the tune of $100,000.

Eliminating funding for the Temporary Review Officer initiative held by the Customs department in the summer months and by further fat trimming in the department, Mr. Cox was able to cut $437,000 in not refilling vacant posts.

For savings in the Immigration Department Mr. Cox removed provision for two immigration officers, cutting $83,000.

The Government grant for sporting bodies was reduced by $103,000.

Mr. Cox came down hard on several Ministries and departments forcing them to cut operational costs. The highest figure seen was in the department of Airport Operations where $569,000 was slashed.

The Bermuda Police Service had $143,000 of their budget in this area sliced off and the Fire Services $183,000.

Although labour intensive, the Post Office will have to cut its operational costs by $76,000. The Ministry of Youth Sport and Recreation must endure cuts of $186,000, while the Ministry of Health & Social Services have had $344,000 removed from its budget for the same reason.

Operational cost cuts were also instituted for the Department of Child and Family Services ($72,000), Prisons ($381,000), Immigration ($54,000), Planning ($23,000), Works and Engineering ($159,000), Agriculture & Fisheries ($6,000), Land Valuation ($12,000) and the Statistics Department ($47,000).

The cuts will also hit the arts and artists locally as grants to the Bermuda Arts Council and the Bermuda National Gallery were reduced.

The Bermuda Arts Council, which often complain of lack of funds, has had its Government grant decrease from $175,000 to $160,000 and the Bermuda National Gallery will only get $40,000 this year instead of the $50,000 which it has become accustomed to.