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stated in the enclosed Memorandum Enclosure!
by the Colonial Treasurer, (Mr. Lister).
This action was taken
with the unanimous advice of 3 Executive Council; and the
ne
:cessity of it seems to be
recognized by the comme
generally.
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the
community
It will be recollected
that the entire taxation of Honghong
both general and municipal),
amounts to rather less than
pound
One
one
shilling (£1.1.0) per
-head of the population ;- that is,
to
105 Septtr. 1885.
to only
about
one
third.
of
the
Y
aggregate general and municipal of the population
taxation
per
head
in the United Kingdom and in
the Australasian Colonies.
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I have
always
been
strongly in favour of the creation of clective Municipalities in European and homogeneous communities; and I took an
active part in encouraging the extension of such municipalities during the twenty years that I Governor of three of the
principal
was