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No 342.
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Sir,
Recr
7285 324
(Reg 3.0 19
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG. 4th. December, 1918.
I have the honour to acknowledge the
receipt of your telegram of the 29th. November which decoded
was as follows:-
"Please telegraph tomorrow or Sunday rough estimate in round figures of cost of war met or to be met from public revenue of Colony giving separately
(1) Cost incurred by direct contribution to
carrying on war.
(2) Cost for local defence.
(3) Cost incurred indirectly for war purposes
or necessitated by war emergencies as far
as it can be estimated.
Quite rough estimate will suffice".
2. My reply, which was sent in cypher
through a misunderstanding was as follows:-
"Your telegram of November 29th. estimate is
as follows:-
(1) £1,550,000.
(2) £60,000
+
(3) £180,000,
In addition Military Contribution for years
1915 to 1918 inclusive estimated at about
£1,500,000".
3.
RIGHT HONOURABLE
WALTER LONG, M.P.,
&c.,
&c..
&c...
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