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there as the bolony's share of the Military Contribution for the first

Quarter of the current

propose

year.

re

Q. J

do not

here to enter into

any speculation

as to what

ans the

means

Colony may poses hereafter of paying

any or

all

ཀ

of the arrears

for the Military which had unfortunately accumulated under the prepure of the lealony's pecuniary embarapmento during 1866.

and part of 1867.

13.

Heer Meapsty's Government having decided that the Military Contribution should be paid it is clearly my duty, whenever funds exist, to see that arrears

do not accumulate, and

a

I hope to prevent

such a contingency during the cument

year.

4. I enclose for Your Graces information

Enclause 2 the Treasurer's weekly statement,

of

all

funds in custody of the bolonial or Govemment yesterday. The available balance is shewn to amount to $63.528, and though, if such works

as a New Civil Hospital or

the repairs of the Graya

manner were

in an

adequate

to be undertaken by this

Goverment, no funds at present available

would

puffice,

the

question of how the

appropriated

existing balance should be

is one

exclusively for Her Majesty's

Government and must be

regarded

having been decided by Your Space's despatches NNo 78, and 19 of last July.

5.

Your Grace

de

will cliserve that I regard Tregard