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Report by the Attorney-General on Ordinance No 21 of 1896.
Attorney General's Office, Hong Kong 17th December 1896.
I have examined the accompanying Ordinance, entitled "An Ordinance to appropriate a sum equivalent to seventeen and a half per centum of the Colonial Revenues as a Contribution for the Defence of the Colony," and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not contrary to the Governor's Instructions.
The object of this Ordinance is to carry out the instructions of the Secretary of State with regard to the yearly payment by the Colony, defence contribution, of seventeen and a half...