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been informed by the Sceretary of State for War that this "Colony has paid £2566.19.8 in excess
of the Military Contribution
Contribution for
the year 1890, and that the Colonial Government would be credited with that-
amount as a payment
on account for current year.
the
"Your Lordship
adds that it appears desirable that the quarterly
payments
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payments of the Military
Contribution by this Colony
should be made at the -
Treasury rate of exchange for the quarter in question and before the expiration of each quarter.
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I have given
directions in accordance
with the above instructions, but I trust that the
question may be still _
open to further consideration, and that the principle
recently
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