CO129-120 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [1-2] — Page 560

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The loan of £10,000 made. by the Lords of the Treasury to

the brown Agents

In account

f

the

the Colony is duly shown in

brown Agentes.

accounts for the quarter to 305 September 1866-

but no special report of the transaction appears to have been made to this Government. On receipt of the accounts above

referred

the

to about 2 months since

it was supposed that the loan.

would have been paid off in England out of the £14000- remitted in August last, and that if the Crown Agents

afterwards short offunds the

mere

payments

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payments for Military Contribution would be deferred until further

remittance

were received:

According to DW. Julyan's letter

to fir I. Rodgers of to

& December

last however the Military_ Contribution to God September

had been paid and the repayment

of the loans deferred-

St

now

seems that the

Military Contribution for last September Quarter has been

twice paid for whilst the brown Agents paid it in England on the 20th of November a Treasury Certificate for it

forwarded to the Secretary,