CO129-132 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [8-9] — Page 407

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A thirty days' sight. _

The former is intended to close

the

the account for arrears of Military Contribution, viz: – for last Quarter of 1886, and the four Quarters of 1887. The Catter is intended to defray the Militing

Contribution which will be due at the end of the current month ffor the third Quarter of 1868. –

that

Your brace thus perceives

you perfectly comprehended the situation when

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Secretary oftill you inferred covering

to

from condry items of expenditure. which I had not hesitates li Linens

news, that there would be no further difficully in meeting

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the claims of the Inferine

Government

At the

same

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time

Your Grace

will perceive that I have not

mate

any

remittance on account

of interest suffosed to be due for arrears of Military Contribution. I assume it to be so unlikely that ber Majestyp Bovernment;

on mature consideration, would fres such a clainn under the circumstances that I have left it wholly out of the account,

the

and for

same reason I think it inexpedient to make any allusion to the correspondence connected with it in any finanail