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Colony

was

obviated. I did not

escape His Lordship's attention that

I there bared my Financial work

M

my

A revenuk,

permanent increase of Woten Lord Amberly didh me the

honon

of approving of some little

financial changes I made

the

Gold Coast and at Elmina se

brerved that there changes turned

upon an

anquentation of

revenue.

And from that time, until I undertook the Government of Stonything, I have always found my financial work not unfavourably regarded toy Official Chiefs

my

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He has mua..

15.

As to the large balances in hand.

though it is manifect that the real basis

F

the small proposal I made as to reducius tavation in Houpons,

was the actual and

prospective improvement of

severné

and thongs not a word is to be

in

speeches in my Estimates for 1979

F

snoring

the

found

now in the minitio

Council when the reduction of rates

made as

was made

to the large amount

the balances in hand, yet I see no

reason for being at all ashamed of

those balances

shey

沪

nor can I admit that

are composed in great mucacure

of curves which have been voted

various Public Works but which

ofor

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