476
466
and sufficient.
proportionate revenue should
without a
be
derived from
(975 kar. 4)
April
notice.
distillery, and that
the
the
increase
Consumption
by
European Soldiers
of cheap
to fund
spirit manufactured by
Messrs. Jardine Matheson & Co.
Lo
injurious
in its
effects.
as
on
the whole.
of opinion that while
leased cannot
the
licence fee
Now
be deemed
a large
Jets amount,
me that
oppressive It appear
has been fixed arbitrarily
and
upon
No
definite principle
and
without
a reason
for
3. I have been unable
The records.
this office at
period at which
the
the
prohibition to distil spirits
in Hong Kong
was removed,
Chow
anything to purpose with which
license fee.
was
but I think.
Justified
the
a
imposed
in
concluding
that the object
was
simply
to
the
Cover
expenses of strict supervision
by Government of
the
20.