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ONFIDENTIAL.
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until in question other the in sittted.
Sir,
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15
M
AVC
You. 24 Qu'l
CO 29033
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG,
3rd. August, 1911.
In my Despatch Confidential of 8th. June,
f
1911, paragraph 5 (a) on the subject of the Military Contribut-
-ion, I submitted that the percentage of Revenue paid by this
Colony, though ostensibly the same as the Straits Settlements
was in reality very much heavier owing to the exclusion of
certain items in the Straits which are here assessed to Contri-
-bution, and I suggested for your consideration that if the
present method of calculating the amount to be paid by this
Colony is retained (in lieu of the method I suggested) the
system of assessment should be made identical so as to remove
tae grievance which is so strongly felt and so frequently voicet
by the Community and Unofficial Members of Legislative Council.
I have now the honour to request that the consent of the
Treasury Lay be obtained to the exclusion from assessment here
BE RIGHT HOLOURABLE
LLVIS AMOURT, M.P.,
MC.,
&C.,
&C...
-115.5/-12
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of