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.

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