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request authority for the purpose of assessing Military Con-
-tribution to deduct from the item shown on page 9 of the
Estimates "Liquor Duties $725,000" the sum of $56,704 being
the total cost (860,504) of the Imports and Exports Office
(which is here charged with the duty of collecting Liquor
Revenue) less the sum of $4,800 which was the estimated cost of
the Department in 1909 before the duty upon Liquors was im-
-posed. The sum of $55,704 represents with considerable
accuracy the actual cost of collecting our import duty upon
Liquors.
4.
In the Straits Settlements an Education
Rate is charged and neither upon the receipts from this Rate
(X126,500) nor upon School Fees (both are received by an
Education Board) is the Military Contribution charged. I may
address you later upon the subject of an Education Rate: mean-
-while I request that authority may be obtained for the
exemption from Contribution of the sums shown on pages 13 and
14 of the Estimates as follows:-
Public School Fees...
Queen's College Fees.
Tecnical Institute Fees...
.843,000
40,000
3,600
5.
In the Straits Settlements a Hospital
Board