CO129-516-3 Military contribution of Colony assessmenet of contribution 13-3-1929 - 28-3-1930 — Page 14

17% % on 1897 Revenue of $109,815.96

Ditto 1898

= $19,217.79

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·$113,152, 84 = $19.801.74

1899

- $126,155.78=$22,077.26

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item, In 1895 the total was $80, 179.41.

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