14
are
of a municipal
character, & all H
GR
not included in the general
Revenue of
the Straits
Settlements, because
Kapfe a
municipalities
exist in that Colony,
I have in the first,
first place
Trat
to point
out toge
the municipal
at the Straits Settlements.
are
oper
only about 20,
cent of the gross revenues (general & municipal),
and that for the sake
Canparisin between the
7
two Colonies I could not
regard
"Municipal."
several of the items
specified
in the second
Enc. Tyme dess under
Азии
ack!", which altogether
amount to over 30 per
376
cent of the Revenue. For uistance, Pawnbrokers' Licenses & Spirit Licenses
form part of the general,
not the municipal
revenue in the Straits Settlements. In that Colony also the municipalities contribute about $$72,00 To the General Revenue for Police purposes, while the municipal work
districts in the outlying
is performed by the Colonial Gor!", which receives for that purpose 1887,000 under "the head "Districh. Collections.
3. Further,
The cases
of Hongking & the Shant Settlements Cannot be regarded in this matter as
thin
t
Same