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deducted.
This deduction must, he says, be
regarded as a very strong deterrent to the
raising of the additional re venue; "if Your
Lordship could arrange that military contribution
should not be charged on this additional revenue,
necessitated as it is by the normal expansion of
activities and by an increase in the cost of
living, it would go far to remove any opposition
to the proposed increase in taxation".
He asks for authority by telegraph to
lay the new scheme as modified by his own
recommendations before the Finance Committee
of the Council with a view to the approval of
a vote for the new scheme to come into force
from the 1st of January and for the additional
revenue plans to be proceeded with.
G.E.J. G.
15/3/30