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$2,018,526 so that a contribution of

174 per cent would amount to $558,242;

and I have now to authorize you to limit

the payments for the year to that amount

in lieu of the maximum amount ($384,000)

provided in the Appropriation Ordinance.

5.

When the actual Revenue of 1895

is known, should it be found that there

was an excess of receipts over the es-

timate, a further payment of 17% per cent

of such excess can be made. If, on the

other hand, the Revenue should have fallen

short of the estimate the over-payment

can be adjusted by deducting 17% per

cent of the deficit from the first in-

stalment of next year's contribution. A

similar course can be followed in each

succeeding year.

6. It would probably be agree-

able to all parties, if a permanent

Ordinance