For the reasons stated herein, effort should be made to obtain a reduction of the amount of the Military Contribution payable by this Colony, and also to the fifth paragraph of my despatch No.345 of 23rd December last endorsing a recommendation by the Unofficial Members of the Legislative Council that the contribution should be fixed at some stated annual number of dollars.
The arguments in favour of these recommendations have been materially strengthened by the enormous fall in exchange that has occurred since the first of the two despatches in question was written, and by the uncertainty which attaches to the future of silver. At the present rate of exchange the amount of the Military Contribution is equivalent to about one-fifth of the whole revenue of the Colony,
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effort should be made to
obtain a reduction of the
amount of the Military Contri- bution payable by this
this Colony, and also to the fifth para- graph of my despatch 1:345 of 93rd December last endorsing a recommendation by the Unofficial Members of the Legislative Council that the contribution should be fixed at some stated annual number of dollars.
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The arguments in favour
of these recommendations have been materially strengthened
by
the enor
enormous
in ex-
fall in
change that has occurred since the first of the two despatches
in question
was
written, and
by the uncertainty which at- taches to the future of silver. At the present rate
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of exchange the amount of the Military Contribution is equiva lent to about one-fifth of the of the Colony,
whole revenue
and
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