28 [No.9]
52802/261
N● CONFIDERIAI (1) )
T
RECEIVED
30 AUG 1928
COL. OFFIOL
52802
153
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG,
20th July, 1920.
Eas
150
1/22459/21
Sir;
+
With reference to your despatch. No.421 of
ti
loth Decaber, 1926, and my telogram of 24th July, 192,
regarding the military contribution payable by this Colony,
I have the honour to suit for your informacion the
the contribution in respect of any year should be a certain porcentage of the annual valuation made during the previous
roby to 40.1ollowing figures in saport of the roposal that in future
year.
2.
The military contribution paid in respect of
the last three years and the estimated contribution calculat-
ed on the existing basis for the current year are :-
1925
1926
1927
1928 (Estimated)
...
34,170,249.87
3,484,772.55
3,642,041.80
5,662,650.00
the average contribution for 1925, 1926, and 1927 being
$3,835,021.55 and for 1926, 1927, and 1928 $6,665,146.04.
The table of annual valuations marc during
5.
the years 1924 onwards is as follows:-
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LIEUTENANT COLONEL 1.0.K.S. ALRY, M.P.,
Mai 15
&C.,
&c.,
&c.
1924
イ
(18264)
+ P. 22459/26.
+C. 52862/2: [NC. 7): net printed
Gp.6 131/2963. 24. 8/34/m.4's.