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'ed in the ketimates. If therefore the policy of
coin is pursued the nett increase in revenue
price of prepared opium will be $357,104.
In order to establish equilibrium between
xpenditure it is necessary to provide for an addition
presium of $75,000 in respect of the Land Sale
Despatch
an tetegram of the 30th December
in the Estimate for Land Sales, I have excis-
(c) from Public Works Extraordinary and I can make
Jales of $25,000 giving a total saving on Public works
Mnary of $61,000. There will be further considerable
és in Personal 'molumenta in the Police and Prison Depart-
due to the absence of European Police and warders at the
́and in some other Departments from economies which are
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introduced. Those will probably amount to $50,000. I antici-
Spensiderable increases in revenue from Estate Duty due to recent Dislation on the subject (Ordinance 15 of 1915). The
increase this year may reach $50,000. To make up the balance and
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margin for increased vilitary Contribution I have decided
so increase the duties on alcoholic liquors by about 30 per centu
and to tax perfumes containing alcohol. This is estimated to
yield £120,Qp☺ this.
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year.
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koreover I would again urge upon you the pro-
-posals made in my confidential Despatch of the 29th. December by which an malimated revenue of song (8600,00g may be obtained 68 76. from tax)
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salt, and I hope shortly to lay before you proposals for taxing tobacco from which souree I estimate that $150,000 a
year can be derived.
Both these taxes coul' be initiated this year
Lat. of July with the result that a surplus revenue of
angkan the yet?'s worķīng night be effected.
This taxation path the proposals made in
will, 1 subsit, suflice for the needs of the 'ole.kr"
1 subuit,
ent.