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Enclosure llo. 3 in Kr. Jamieson's Confidential Despatch
No. 47 of December 6, 1913.
His Majesty's Consul-General to Civil Governor.
Local Tax on Limestone.
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His Majesty's Consul-Gemerel has the honour to inform the Civil Governor that he is in receipt of a telegram from His Lajesty's Minister in Peking stating that he had been told by the Linister of Foreign Affairs that telegraphic instructions had been sent to the Canton Government to suspend the tax on limestone. In communication by telephone today the civil Govenor stated that he would advise the reduction of the tax. It is impossible that he should deny that he has control over local autorities in the matter of taxation and it is
clear from the fact of the Susmui magistrale refusing to grant licences unless the contractors pay the tax that the Government looks
upon the levy as being in order. Such special taxation which is levied locally only and not over the whole country cannot be recognised and
is Majesty's Consul-General has therefore the honour to request that
instructions be given that the licences be issued and the tax ith-
-drawn.