any Ordinance of this (oling, anda. It does
not appear
ce
that
acry
Ord has specified that
Crown rents shall be
paid in
therefor
sterling; orde
no. 1 of 1864 did not,
and it's repeal does
not, affect the payment of frown rents.
It appears that the
old Crown Leases require
the rents though fixed in sterling to be paid
in "current dollars
of the Colony at such
rate as may from time to time be fixed as the rate of exchange for the salaries of the public
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officers of the soland
When the cu
Wa
مسعد
currency
changed in 1883
fsalaries were
fixe
in dollars, there
ceased the any
vat
of exchange for doblaar | salaries, but the rents no doubt continued
& be received at the
rate fixed for salaries
when salaries were
Li
sterling, viz. 4/m
the Bollan, and they
should continue to
be received at that
rate now