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.
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