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to induce the War Office Authorities to consent to a reduction of the amount of the annual Military Contribution of £40,000 (sterling) payable by this Colony, in view of the enormous fall in exchange, and the increased expenditure in dollars entailed thereby on the Colony, and in view also of the fact that the revenue for the current year has been estimated at only a little over $1,900,000, an estimate which is not likely to be largely, though it may be slightly, exceeded.
The revenue for 1892 was unusually large owing to deferred payments by the Opium Farmer, the account of the previous year having been credited to it, to unusually considerable arrears of taxes having been recovered by Mr. May while...
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to induce the War Office Authorities to consent to a reduction of the amount of the annual Military Contribution of £40,000. (sterling) payable by this in view of
Colony,
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enormous.
the
fall in exchange,
and the increased
expenditure in dollars-
entailed
thereby
on the
Colony, and in view also of the fact that the revenue for the current
year
year
has been estimated at
only a
little
over
$1,900,000,
an estimate which is not
likely to be largely, though it may be slightly, exceeded.
The revenue for 1892. unusually large owing
was unus
on
to deferred payments by the Opium
Opium Farmer account of the previous year having been credited to it, to unusually considerable arrears of taxes having been reaovered by M. May while
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