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revenue should be allowed at 6% instead of
the original 4%. It was agreed to support
this.
(3) Other productive undertaking should be
assessed on net receipts:-
(a) Wireless telegraphy.
It was agreed to support this.
(b) Waterwork.
It was agreed to support this, though
it was doubtful if the point could be pressed
since waterworks were not a new undertaking
not contemplated at the time of the
Haliburton Report."
(c) Aerodromes.
It was agreed to support this.
(d) Harbour-dredging.
It was agreed that the Governor's
proposal should not be supported.
(e) Posts.
It was agreed that as gross receipts
had from the first been liable to contribution
this proposal could not be supported.
(f) Ferries.
It was doubtful if it would be necessary
to apply this principle in practice;
was agreed to support it.
(c) Municipal Undertakings etc.
but it
This proposal was based on a comparison
with the practice in the Straits Settlements,
where conditions were quite different. It
was agreed that the proposal should not be
supported.
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