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to $803,242; and I have now to authorise
you to limit the payments for this year
to that amount in lieu of the maximum
amount ($384,000) provided in the Appro
priation Ordinance.
5. When the actual Revenue of
1995 is known, should it be found that
there was an excess of receipts over the
estimate,a further payment of 174 per
cent of sud: 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
instalment of next year's contribution.
A similar course can be followed in each
succeeding year.
6. It would probably be agreeable
to all parties, if a permanent Ordinance
were passed appropriating a percentage of 17 per cent of the Colonial Revenues to the use of the Imperial Government as a military contribution, thus removing what has been a much vexed question from
the arena of annual debate.
I have to
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