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$2,018,526 so that a contribution of
174 per cent would amount to $558,242;
and I have now to authorize you to limit
the payments for the year to that amount
in lieu of the maximum amount ($384,000)
provided in the Appropriation Ordinance.
5.
When the actual Revenue of 1895
is known, should it be found that there
was an excess of receipts over the es-
timate, a further payment of 17% per cent
of such excess can be made. If, on the
other hand, the Revenue should have fallen
short of the estimate the over-payment
can be adjusted by deducting 17% per
cent of the deficit from the first in-
stalment of next year's contribution. A
similar course can be followed in each
succeeding year.
6. It would probably be agree-
able to all parties, if a permanent
Ordinance