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My Lord,

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the 16 JUL 06

Government House,

Hongkong, 18th. May, 1906.

Referring to my Despatch No. 102

of the 12th. April, 1905, I have the honour to transmit

six copies of the Report of the Registrar-General for the

year 1905.

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The revenue derived from Markets

and Market Licences, the incidence of which as a tax on

food was discussed in my Despatch No. 199 of the 28th.

Of July last, increased from $105,876 in 1904 to $110,310 in

the year under review. A small market was opened in December

last at Mong Kok Tsui in the North Western part of the

Kowloon Peninsula and the large new Western Market in the

centre of the most populous district of Victoria is rapidly

approaching completion. I propose to provide in the

Estimates for the ensuing year for the building of a

market of some fifty stalls at Quarry Bay to supply the

HE RIGHT HONOURABLE

THE EARL OF ELGIN, K.G.,

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