fact that the sc

ɛe has been undertaken primarily

on the ground of its vital importance to the Colony,

They are by no means satisfied that the cost sould be

shared between the Colonial and Imperial Governments

in the proportion of one-quarter to three-quarters na

suggested in the letter under reply.

They are prepared, however, to sanction the

payment from Air Votes of a græt in mid of the work

not exceeding flow,ouw, of which a sum not exceeding

£70,000 should be paid in the current year, provided

that savings are available for the purpwe, «nd the

balance on the completion of the whole of tae work to

the estisfaction of the Air Council.

Payment ahoula

be subject to the leng Kong Government giving the

Council

explicit uncertakinga propused by the

paragraph 6 of Br. tebster's letter.

rosent in

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