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4.

those

A

Turning to items of Revenue

which were in the Estimates for 1895

(for

1

for the first and last time/treated as

Appropriations in Aid, I would remark

that they are in the nature of reimburse-

ments towards expenditure, most or all

of which expenditure would have to be

incurred, even if nothing were recovered

by way of reimbursement. These receipts

are therefor in my opinion properly

treated as Revenue, and as indicated in

my telegram of this day's date I can see

no sufficient reason for leducting them

from the total on which the contribution

is to be based.

5.

Similarly I can see no reason

for deducting any portion of the Postal

Receipts, as proposed in your despatch

unjer acknowledgment. Most of the

arguments