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kong and other colonies.
been put forward by Hongkong.
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It has been stated, that the contribution for defence
paid by Hongkong is much heavier than that paid by other
Crown Colonies whose Forces are borrowed from the Imperial
Government.
The actual cost of Military Establishments and Defence
Works depends of course on geographical position and similar
questions. The one and only standard of comparison between
Colonies in regard to the comparative onus of the burden is
the proportion of the actual cost of their Defence which they
pay to the Imperial Government. The method by which that
proportion is paid is a mere matter of detail, and subject
to rearrangement at any time between the Imperial Government
and the Colony. Thus & Colony may enjoy a large Revenue,
and at the same time its strategic position may be euch that
the cost of its defence is emall. In that case even though
it paid the entire cost of its defence, that cost would be
but a small percentage of its Revenue.
To represent that there is a perversion of justice in
such a case because the percentage is low without reference
to the fact that the Colony pays the entire cost of ite
defence, is a wilful misrepresentation.
The geographical position of Hongkong has been and is
the cause of its wealth and prosperity. Unfortunately that geographical position involves a correspondingly greater
cost for defence, and this corollary is only natural and
inevitable. In other words the conditions of Hongkong are that it enjoys immunity from Customs dues as a Free Port;
that it is in close proximity to the great market of China and is able to obtain indefinite supplies of moderately cheap labour and has in the past derived benefit by being the
distributing centre in the Far East. On the other hand it
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