DRAFT.
HONG KONG.
No.156
538
H.Kong. 7811
Downing Street,
27 June 1895
Governor.
SIR W.ROBINSON. K.C.M.G.
MINUTE,
Mr. Johnson 24 May & 15 June
Mr. Lucas
Mr. Fairfield, 24
Mr. Wingfield.
Mr. Brumston,
Sir Breade.
24 for sig.
Mr. Buxton.
Marquess of Ripon.
Drafted for consideration.
rw.0. Copy (draft)reas. 27 May.
(W.0. Copy as sent Treas.28 June
L. P. W.0.11251.
Sir,
With reference to the last
paragraph of my despatch No.75 of 20th
March last relative to the Military
Contribution, I have the honour to
inform you that Her Majesty's Government
although hitherto adhering to the
principle that the contribution, what-
ever its amount, should be fixed for the
time being in sterling, have never lost
sight of the fact that it could not,
consistently with the efficient adminis-
tration of Civil affairs, exceed a
certain percentage of revenue, and that
if at any time through a diminution of
receipts
2 drafts.
J