CO129-250 - Acting Governor Barker - 1891 [6-8] — Page 302

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Contribution, at a moment

when that rate happens to be lower than the Market

as in all

rate of the day, probability the next quarterly instalment and perhaps.

several instalments will

entail payments of dollars in excess of the Market, cquivalent of £10000 which

is the sum

fixed.

I fear that in spite

of the gain to the Colony.

the contribution of t

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"last

year

year

and on the first two

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quarters of the current

year the motives of ster Majesty's

Government will be misconstrued in the Colony,

especially

as the

change is

introduced in connection.

with such an

extremely

unpopular payment as the Military Contribution.

On the ground of

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policy, therefore, if for

I would strongly

other reason,

urge that this question be

re-considered.

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