Lordship that the Supplementing Appropriation Ordinance for 1890 having been already passed before the receipt of your despatch, it was not possible to include in it
the sum
of $20,000 paid
in 1890 in advance to the Military Authorities pending the settlement of the Defence Contribution Accounts.
It is proposed now to legalise the above payment in advance in the Supplementary
Estimates
D
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in
fn
767
Estimates for 1871, and inasmuch as the final decision as to the payment of the
sum
may be regarded as not. having been arrived at. ~ until the Report by the ~ Commanding Royal Engineer.
urer on
11628 and Colonial Treasur
the Colonial Military Defence
Accounts had been submitted
to and approved by Her - Majesty's Government, I see objection to the adoption of the course suggested.
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