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to November. The cost of this will become a cjgarge 
on the financial year 1913-1914,, the votes ox whifah 
are exhausted and thus will entail application to 
the Legislature for funds - usually a very unpleasant 
proceeding in a colony where the Executive Government 
has not control of the Finances. 1 
We have been under the impression that your 
official year is as ours from April 1st to March 31st 
but I have quite recently learnt that it is from 
January 1st to December 31st. When X have written 
the earlier months of thi year I have meant April 
to June whilst my letters may have been read as 
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meaning January'to March. 
I have the honour to be, 
Sir, 
Your obedient servant 
Director 
