arrived at.
aus
From 7% to
%
on the annual rateable value,
in England, a vary.
128 in
AY:7
12%
TELEGRAM from the Governor of Hong Kong to the
odidit areas.
An increase of 7%
would therefore being up the highest
rato to 1/5 th of the
not a high proportion
with ratio of home.
As promond?
Int
3.5.17
271917
Rotiable Value
as
compared
ве
3/5- As. M. 3
Sachin Brker
Secretary of State for the Colonies.
(Dated 30th April.)
(Received Colonial Office 3.57 p.m. 80th April, 1917.)
1845
With reference to your despatch 29th Jan- uary confidential paragraph No. 4 I propose to raise Assessed taxes except in case of poorer villages
7 per cent as a war tax for duration of war pro- ceeds to be free gift probably about 1,000,000 dollars every year to His Majesty's Government have you any objection.
MAY.