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of Her Majesty's Goverment to the

revised Estimates, for

Estimates, for the Current year.

2. Irigand

the latter as an

instruction

Inot to

any

expenditure

which is

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present

and

four following years-

charging interest at the rate of I

per cent

for

any

amount unpaid.

J+..

In

my

respatch No. 47% of the

not shown in the Revised Estimated

covered

though ¡I may state

by the Ordinance and

anticipation

generally that in

of such instructions that has already

been the course practically

3.

practically adopted.

Iobserve that, in consideration

of the financial difficulties with which

the boolony has been struggling for some time past. öber Majesty's Goverment

willing to allow the Military Contribution for the current

is u

the arrears

for 1867

year

and

as well as the last

Quarter of 1866 to be spread

Lover

the

475

5 or 14th Ultime I informed Your Grace that

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I had then paid £5000 on account of the first Quarter of the Military

bantribution for 1868. and

hoped to

a similar sum

find myself able to remit for each Quarter of the current

can do so

it

seems

to

me

If I

year. If

a mare

simple

arrangement, not to mixe up the Contribution for 1868 with that of any previous period. whilst the payment of

such

arreiras

with

the interest required might be made in instalments from time to time according.

to the state of the bolonial chest which