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Sir,
FOR
ONAL
SCHEME
DISABLED
MEN
51 JAN 1934
C. O. REGY
28
THE WAR OFFICE,
LONDON, S.W.1.
30
January, 1934.
I am commanded by the Army Council to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter of the 30th December, 1933,
No. 92622/32, transmitting a copy of a draft of a Bill to
amend the Hong Kong Defence Contribution urdinance of 1901
so as to give effect to the concessions it has recently been
agreed to make in connection with the basis of assessment
of the Military contribution of the Colony, and I am to offer
the following observations for the consideration of
Secretary Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister ;-
Draft Bill.
(૧) Section 3 (2) (vii) of the draft Bill. The Council's
agreement to exemption from assessment of profits
arising from the appreciation of investments when
realised was conditional, see paragraph 11 of Wer Office letter No. 16/Abroad/276. (F.1) of 25th April,
1932, and the penultimate paragraph of War Office
The Under-Secretary of State,
Colonial Office,
S.W.1
letter/