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being taken as shall at least relieve this Colony of any
charge on account of these Agencies in the coming year,
even if it be impossible to make a refund for the loss
incurred in the current year. The latter appears to me to
be the equitable course in view of the fact that the
Treasury were warned by the Secretary of State in January,
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loss, and that the subsequent delay has arisen from the
absence of any reply on their part. The loss in 1907 of
which I had complained amounted to $29,836. The loss in
1908 was $55,172 and the anticipated loss in the current
year is $53,760. I submit to Your Lordship that the latter
sm should be made good to the Colonial Revenue.
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with regard to the loss in 1910
which is estimated in round figures at $54,000 of which
His Majesty's Government has undertaken to guarantee half,
I addressed letters to the various communities requesting
them to contribute a moiety of the remaining loss exclusive
of Military Contribution. The only ones which were willing
to guarantee the sum asked are Ningpo $175, Foochow $175,
Hankow $650, Hoihow $125, while Shanghai, Tientsin, and
Chefoo declined. Thus a sum of $1,125 only, out of a
total of $27,000 is all that the communities will provide.
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