CO129-124 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [8-9] — Page 295

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which her Majestyp Bovernment y come years back decided

hak

to be fairly chargeable to it._

If without increased taxation_

come new source of Revenue Her Majesty Government suflard that the Clowny

was able to meet

6 an expenditure of $94,000 fir

annum for the Military Contribution, I think the supposition has been proved incorrect, and I think

so without

reference to the Mint Expenditure

because

e as

و

saw within

a week

after my arrival here, and

Governa

reported to Mr Cardwell, the boa means of the Colony had obtained

Lecretiv

یرات ماکسمارک

526 March

1866

noti Jefferss herfall

Its li

this explent

And if the

Revenal was insufferand

I mest to

including Mut. Cont feed Javer

Lay

an

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exaggerated reputation from

mixing of Capitel derived from hell of its lend with Revenne arising from permanent

anunal sources._

26.

I question if her bajerting

Government has

any idea

riginally of comfilling the Colony to resort to special taxation for the purpose of making a

Rayment in aid of Military

the abstract

Rippenditure,

folicy of which I do not

b

ffer

any

mean

observations._ I am

now morily dealing with dry facts, and I doubt if the real bearing of actual facts hid beer-