CO129-345 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1907 — Page 806

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The Sterling portion of

shanty

л

the hind also ft. include the proper equivalent with compound interest 5. He

dollar contribut as

these contributors..

57

b. Probably the Officials

to possess in

their books

or cd easily make out

a complete record of each

hast Sterling control", & of Each dollar contr of the

haid in the past, but Ithink it was be require a good deal of

calcul? to get the

proper equial is in Sterling of the earlier dollar

contribs

of the Sterling,

contributor

Za still

complicated

more difficult calcul

to work out the compoun

now

sterling member

Mr.

Mr.

interest

on

the several

Contrib no

When it is

sterling

remembered that those/ Competitions have been. credited in dollars,

DRAFT.

MINUTE.

Mr. Just.

Mr. Antrobus,

Mr. Cox.

Mr. Lucas.

Sir F. Hopwood.

Mr. Churchill.

The Earl of Elgin.

800

at rates varying from

month to month, the carle dollar contrib wd have to be converted into Stecting at ratés

varying from

to month

$

month

When we first

began Sterling contrib"?

we decided to retain

on

e fund in dollar.

instead of having divo

funds, one starting

The other dollar, maink,

because the fund being Already

a small one.

ما

dwide it into two, wat

create tivo still smaller

funds, thus increasing

of one

the reak

other of the Funds

becoming temporarily

moolvent..

there fore, I

Personally

shional,

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