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6.
After much
consideration I feel constrained to differ with the view of the local Chamber of Commerce.
Apart from the obligation the part of the
The Colony
to
:contribute to all expenditure
deemed necessary
security,
its
for I do not doubt
that communication with North Borneo will be of
on
considerable and increasing commercial importance.
7.
On the question, however,
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however, as to what should
be the proportion of contribution for this Colony,
Colony, the amount already contributed by it for defence purposes, has I venture to think, a very
important bearing. That
amount cannot be measured
by the sum paid by the Treasury. For there has to
be taken into account the
area
very large of valuable land occupied by the
Admiralty and the War -
Department