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(2.) If any question arise as to the date on which the present war shall have come to an end the decision of the Governor in Council as to such date shall be final.
(3.) The said special war rate shall be recoverable by the Treasurer at any time after it has become due, whether the present war shall have come to an end or not.
4. Notwithstanding anything contained in section 33 of the principal Ordinance, the said special war rate shall, as between the owner and the occupier of any tenement, be borne by the occupier, whether there be any agreement in existence at the commencement of this Ordinance or not under which the owner of any tenement is, as between him and the occupier, liable for rates generally,
5. Notwithstanding anything contained in the principal to whether a Ordinance, if any question arise as to whether any tene- ment is included in a place specified in the schedule hereto, the decision of the Governor in Council shall be final.
tenement is included in the schedule.
Alteration of schedule.
Proceeds of the special war rate to be paid to His Majesty's Government.
Exemption
6. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to alter the schedule hereto by the addition thereto or removal therefrom of any places, and upon such alteration to fix the date upon which the special war rate shall begin to be payable, or, as to the case may be, shall cease to be payable, in respect of the tenements affected.
7. The reveune collected by means of the said special war rate shall be placed at the disposal of His Majesty's Government for the prosecution of the present war,
8. The revenue collected by means of the said special from defence war rate shall be deducted from the Colonial Revenues contribution. before the calculation of the sums payable to His Majesty's Government under the Defence Contribution Ordinance, 1901.
Ordinance
No. 1 of
1901.
SCHEDULE.
Places in which the special war rate will be payable.
City of Victoria.
Hill District.
Wongneichung Road,
Broadwood Road.
Sai Wan Ho Shaukiwan East.
Shaukiwan West.
Shaukiwan Road, Tung Lo Wan. Whitfield. North Point. Causeway Bay. San Tsun.
Tai Hang. Aberdeen. Wongneichung, Quarry Bay.
Aplichau.
Deep Water Bay.
Fui Iu.
Pak Shui Wan. Pokfulam.
Tsat Tsz Mui. Kowloon Point. Yautati. Hunghom. Mongkoktsui.
Kowloon City Road, Hok Un. Taikoktsui.
Fuk Tsun Heung.
Tokwawan.
Matanwei.
Homuntin.
Mataukok.
Matauchung.
Mongkok. New Kowloon.
Objects and Reasons.
The object of this bill is to impose a special war rate of 7 %, in addition to the ordinary rates, for the purpose of providing an additional contribution to be paid by the Colony to His Majesty's Government towards the expenses of the war.
The whole of the revenue collected by means of this rate will be so paid.
The outlying villages are excluded from the scheme.
13th May, 1917.
J. H. KEMP,
Attorney General,