}
}
DRAFT.
639
4.
those
A
Turning to items of Revenue
which were in the Estimates for 1895
(for
1
for the first and last time/treated as
Appropriations in Aid, I would remark
that they are in the nature of reimburse-
ments towards expenditure, most or all
of which expenditure would have to be
incurred, even if nothing were recovered
by way of reimbursement. These receipts
are therefor in my opinion properly
treated as Revenue, and as indicated in
my telegram of this day's date I can see
no sufficient reason for leducting them
from the total on which the contribution
is to be based.
5.
Similarly I can see no reason
for deducting any portion of the Postal
Receipts, as proposed in your despatch
unjer acknowledgment. Most of the
arguments