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at the conclusion to fix the contribu-
tion in future at a certain proportion
viz, 17 per cent of the Revenue of
the Colony. This appears to offer a
basis of sebulement which is the most
likely to be acceptable to all parties,
and which can be adopted without an
undue sacrifice of the claims of the
tax-payers of this country.
3.
The expedient of fixing a
proportion of revenue as the amount of
the contribution, will, I hope, prevent
any further feeling of uncertainty and
dissatisfaction, and will safeguard the
rights of the Home Government as effec-
tually, as the expedient of fixing the
amount for some years ahead, which was
that adopted in my predecessor's
despatch No.8 of 20th January 1890.
In adopting the decision above indicated
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