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SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS-continued.
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359
No.
From and to whom,
Page.
and date.
81
A
82
7
7
Subject.
War Office to Colonial Office, Presuming that, if Lord Ripon concurs in
2nd August, 1894.
the Committee's Report, he will cause the Governor of Hong Kong to be informed of the amount to be paid.
Colonial Office to War Office, Transmitting-
9th August, 1894.
Colonial Office to Treasury,
2nd August, 1894.
83
8
War Office to Treasury, 21st
December, 1894,
$4
8
85
8
9
$6
9
Enclosure in No. 82. Transmitting despatch from Governor, showing loss of revenue and increased expenditure, cousequent on plague in Hong Kong, and suggesting that the question of contribution may require further consideration.
Asking whether the payments which Colony is making for 1894, at rate of 40,000 per aunun, should be regarded as final, aud whether 40,0004 is to be claimed for 1895.
Treasury to War Office, 27th | Agreeing that 40,000 per annum may be
December, 1894.
accepted as a final payment, until the Government decides otherwise.
War Office to Colonial Office, Transmitting copy of Nos. 83 and 84, and
4th January, 1895.
War Office to General Officer Commanding, Hong Kong, 3rd January, 1895.
following enclosure.
Enclosure 3 in No. 85. Giving instructions to claim contribution at rate of 40,000Z. per annum for 1895, and until further orders.
Colonial Office to War Office, Stating that Lord Ripon is awaiting receipt
7th January, 1895,
of the 1895 Hong Kong Estimates before expressing an opinion on the rate of cou tribution for the five years ending 1898. Transmitting-
87
9
Colonial Office to War Office,
29th January, 1895.
9
The Governor, Hong Kong, to
88
10
Colonial Office, 22nd Decem- ber, 1894.
Enclosure in No. 87.
Stating that the
Military Contribution for 1895 will be paid at the Treasury rate of exchange.
Colonial Office to War Office, Transmitting draft of proposed despatch to
27th May, 1895.
the Governor of Hong Kong.
10
Colonial Office to Governor,
Hong Kong (draft).
89
11
11
90
12
91
12
Enclosure in No. 88. Communicating the decision of the Government in regard to the Military Contribution. Hong Kong to pay 17 per cent, of revenue.
Also sug- gesting that a permanent Ordinance be passed, appropriating that percentage.
Treasury to War Office, 22nd Transmitting
June, 1895.
Treasury to Colonial Office, Enclosure 1 in No. 89. Concurring in draft
14th June, 1895.
of proposed despatch (Enclosure in No. 88), subject to slight amendments.
War Office to Colonial Office, | Concurring in the draft despatch, as modified
27th June, 1895.
by Treasury,
Colonial Office to War Office, Transmitting
28th June, 1895.
12
Colonial Office to Governor,
Enclosure in No. 91. The despatch as finally
Hong Kong, 27th June, 1895.
sent.
Correspondence relating to the Military Con- tribution payable by Hong Kong.
Sir,
No. 71.
War Office to Treasury.
War Office,
16th June, 1892. With reference to the letter* from this department of the 24th February
40248 last, No. I am directed by the Secretary of State for War to request that
342 may be informed at an early date whether the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury agree to the proposal that the present arrangement, under which the Colony of Hong Kong pays a Military Contribution of 40,000l. a-year up to 31st December next, shall be continued to 31st December, 1894.
he
Sir,
R. H. KNOX.
No. 72.
Treasury to War Office.
Treasury Chambers,
16th July, 1892.
The Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury have had under consideration the proposal affecting the Military Contribution payable by the Colony of Hong Kong, which was submitted in Mr. De la Bère's letter* of the
40248 24th February last, and they direct me to state, for the information of
342 Mr. Secretary Stanhope, that they will consent to the Military Contribution from that Colony remaining at 40,000l. per annum up to the 31st December, 1893, but that they are not prepared for an extension of the period beyond the date originally recommended by Sir A. Haliburton's Committee; and in accordance with the suggestion of that Committee, they will ask that, at the commence- ment of 1898, the contribution may be reconsidered with a view to its readjustment in 1894.
R. E. WELBY.
Sir,
No. 73.
Colonial Office to War Office,
Downing Street,
3rd January, 1893.
I am directed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to transmit to you, for the information of Mr. Secretary Campbell-Bannerman, with reference to the letter from this department of the 31st March last, a copy of a despatch from the Governor of Hong Kong, on the subject of the rate of payment of the Hong Kong Military Contribution for 1893.
R. H. MEADE,
* No. 64.
† No. 66.
(526)
T. No. 3279
92
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$76
590