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62832/29 Hong Kong.
Mr. Martin 4/1/30.
91.
1/2
To go as draft to War Office and Treasury
CONFIDENTIAL.
for concurrence.
Mr. Clauson.9
Mr.
Bui
Mr. Bottomley.
Sir E. Harding.
Sir J. Shuckburgh.
Sir G. Grindle.
Sir C. Davis.
Sir S. Wilson.
7/2
Mr. Ormsby Gore
fr. Shiels
Lord Lovate
Amery.
10-2.30
× Lord Parsfield 12/2
2 DRAFT. conson.
HONG KONG
CONFIDENTIAL.
GOVERNOR.
(5)
Su further minate
Sir,
Downing Street,
January, 1930.
With further reference to
your confidential despatch of the
31st July last, regarding the
military contribution payable by the
Government of Hong Kong, I have the
honour to inform you that, after
L. C. of the
consultation with the Treasury and
Army Council
the War Office, I regret that I am
unable to agree to your proposal
that an entirely new basis of
viz. assessment, a percentage of the
annual rateable valuation of the
Colony, should be adopted in place
of the present basis of a percentage
(20%) of annual revenue.
2.