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59380 [REC.
REGE DE 16
GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
HONGKONG. 26th. October, 1916.
503
Sir,
With reference to the telegraphic correspondence
noted in the margin, I have the
from Governor to Secretary of State
21st.September 1916.
state
roin Secretary of State to Governor:
22nd.September, 1916.
rom Secretary of State to Governor:
6th.October, 1916.
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honour to request your further con- -sideration of the proposal that
light dues should be temporarily increased in order that this Colony
may be in a position to make an additional contribution to Imperial War Funds.
2.
I may say at once, in reply to the contention of the Board of Trade, that the dues now received do not meet the expenses directly incurred in respect of aids to navigation which are provided for ships paying the dues.
3.
The matter is not one that can be demonstrated
with mathematical exactitude, as opinions differ regarding the services rendered to shipping that may properly be described as aiding the navigation of ocean-going vessels. The expenditure upon lighthouses would seem to fall entirely within the category, and
it would seem fair also to include in it at least two-thirds of the
annual cost of the Observatory and one-half of the net cost of up-
-keep of the Cope d'Aguilar Wireless Telegraph Station, after deducting revenue received. The anually recurrent expenditure upon
these services amounts to some $75,000; to which must be added
interest
HE RIGHT HONOURABLE
ANDREW BONAR LAW, M.P.,
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