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We have the honor to address you in reference
to a proposal that a fixed charge of 24 cents per ton
should in future be imposed as Light Dues on all shipping
entering the Harbour of Hong Kong, made at a Meeting of
the Legislative Council of that Colony, held on the 3rd
December last, when this proposal received the concurrence
of His Excellency the Governor; the circumstances of the
case being as follows;-
Previous to April 1890, the impost levied on
shipping, under the denomination of Light Dues, was made
at the rate of 1 cent per ton, but at a Meeting of the
Legislative Council, held on the 11th December 1889, an
ordinance was passed authorising a special addition to
this charge of 14 cents per ton, for the purpose of meeting
the expenditure to be incurred in connection with the
erection of the Gap Rock Lighthouse. At this Meeting,
it was, however, stated by His Excellency Sir William de
Voeux, at that time the Governor of Hong Kong, that this
additional
The Right Hon: Joseph Chamberlain
Secretary of State for the Colonies.
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We have the honor to address you in reference to a proposal that a fixed charge of 24 cents per ton should in future be imposed as Light Dues on all shipping entering the Harbour of Hong Kong, made at a Meeting of the Legislative Council of that Colony, held on the 3rd December last, when this proposal received the concurrence of His Excellency the Governor; the circumstances of the case being as follows;
Previous to April 1890, the impost levied on shipping, under the denomination of Light Dues, was made at the rate of 1 cent per ton, but at a Meeting of the Legislative Council, held on the 11th December 1889, an ordinance was passed authorising a special addition to this charge of 14 cents per ton, for the purpose of meeting the expenditure to be incurred in connection with the erection of the Gap Rock Lighthouse. At this Meeting, it was, however, stated by His Excellency Sir William de Voeux, at that time the Governor of Hong Kong, that this additional
The Right Hon: Joseph Chamberlain
Secretary of State for the Colonies.
Let's correct and simplify it according to the rules:LONDON
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15:7
18th February 1897.
143
We have the honor to address you in reference to a proposal that a fixed charge of 24 cents per ton should in future be imposed as Light Dues on all shipping entering the Harbour of Hong Kong, made at a Meeting of the Legislative Council of that Colony, held on the 3rd December last, when this proposal received the concurrence of His Excellency the Governor; the circumstances of the case being as follows;
Previous to April 1890, the impost levied on shipping, under the denomination of Light Dues, was made at the rate of 1 cent per ton, but at a Meeting of the Legislative Council, held on the 11th December 1889, an ordinance was passed authorising a special addition to this charge of 14 cents per ton, for the purpose of meeting the expenditure to be incurred in connection with the erection of the Gap Rock Lighthouse. At this Meeting, it was, however, stated by His Excellency Sir William de Voeux, at that time the Governor of Hong Kong, that this additional
The Right Hon: Joseph Chamberlain
Secretary of State for the Colonies.
LONDON
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18th February 1897.
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We have the honor to address you in reference to a proposal that a fixed charge of 24 cents per ton should in future be imposed as Light Dues on all shipping entering the Harbour of Hong Kong, made at a Meeting of the Legislative Council of that Colony, held on the 3rd December last, when this proposal received the concurrence of His Excellency the Governor; the circumstances of the case being as follows;
Previous to April 1890, the impost levied on shipping, under the denomination of Light Dues, was made at the rate of 1 cent per ton, but at a Meeting of the Legislative Council, held on the 11th December 1889, an ordinance was passed authorising a special addition to this charge of 14 cents per ton, for the purpose of meeting the expenditure to be incurred in connection with the erection of the Gap Rock Lighthouse. At this Meeting, it was, however, stated by His Excellency Sir William de Voeux, at that time the Governor of Hong Kong, that this additional
The Right Hon: Joseph Chamberlain
Secretary of State for the Colonies.