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CONFIDENTIAL.
Hongkong.
My Lord,
REC
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TR: 28 JUL 06
Government House,
Hongkong, 23rd. June, 1906.
I have the honour to inform Your Lordship
that in a letter dated the 5th. April, 1906, the Crown
Agents for the Colonies have reported to the Colonial Secre-
tary that commuted stamp duty of £7,140. 12s. 6d has been
paid into the Imperial Exchequer on a declaration they
had made under the provisions of the Colonial Stock Act
1877 in connection with the recent issue of Hongkong
Government three and a half per cent inscribed stock.
2
I would call Your Lordship's attention to
the General Exemptions at the end of the Schedule of the
Hongkong Stamp Ordinance (No.38 of 1902) by which any docu-
ment made or executed by or on behalf of His Majesty or of
any department of His Majesty's Service is exempted from
stamp duty in this Colony, and I would urge that apart from
the reciprocity which may equitably be claimed in this mat-
ter consideration should be given to the fact that the loan
requiring the declaration for which stamp duty has been
RIGHT HONOURABLE
THE EARL OF ELGIN, K.G.
pald
800.
&C.
&C.