CO129-268 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1895 [7-11] — Page 372

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equitable that the revenue derived from such works, instead of

moneys raised

being subjected to a charge of 17/1⁄2 per cent, should be applied to their upkeep, to defraying the interest on the moneys by loan to construct them, and

· to forming a sinking fund with a view to the ultimate liquidation of the debt incurred on their

• account.

6.

With respect to the question

of barrack accommodation, the Unofficial Members, as will be

seen

seen

from their reply, are quite

any

vote ~

prepared to consider that may be brought forward to defray the cost of such buildings as have not yet been commenced, but they

opposed to voting the

are-

moneys required for buildings already created, as the ratepayers "will very

much resent being

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called upon to pay for works which,

without any reference to them or

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their representatives, have been

already completed completion :

or are

nearing

7. The

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