a sum of that sum out of a of $20,000 placed Estimates for this On the year the estimated Balance of the Contribution for Defences. The latter sum, which is beyond the liability of the Colonial Government, was calculated in the absence of the receipt of the expenditure by the Crown Agents for the year in 1889.
7. Your Lordship will observe from the resolution of the Finance Committee the 12th March, 1886, copy of which was forwarded in despatch No.92 of the 20th March of the same year, that the additional vote of £60,375 (making the total contribution £116,000) was voted on the distinct understanding that the vote should be final for the Military and defensive purposes of the Colony
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