Hong Kong B/G
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Hong Kong
Lands required for Military purposes.
Report of Conference.
Members ;-
Colonel C.M. Watson, C.M.G., War Office. Mr. R. Chalmers,
Mr. G.W. Johnson,
Treasury. Colonial Office.
Secretary
Mr. A.H.B. Allen,
War Office.
The Conference consider it advisable to preface
their recommendations with a resume of the chief facts of
the present situation and of the history leading up to
revenue.
1. The Colony of Hong Kong at present pays a general military contribution of 17.4 per cent of its
This has produced in recent years £42,000
243,000 a year, a sum which may be taken roughly as
representing about one-sixth of the total cost of the
Garrison, exclusive of capital expenditure on land and
buildings. This contribution is held to be a return for
all military expenditure in the Colony including repair
and maintenance of buildings and new works costing less
than £100, but does not cover the provision of lands or
of works costing £100 or more. Separate arrangements
have to be made with regard to a contribution in respect
of these.
The history of these arrangements begins for
present