of
I think the question of the feeder
service had better be kept out of this altogether.
That will represent a payment by Hong Kong for a
service which is for the special benefit of Hong
Kong, not a contribution to the general main-line
Imperial service, and I do not think that quite the
same considerations apply to it.
18.V. Vernon
31.12.34
On directions from Mr.Cowell I submit
opposite a draft letter to the War Office asking
that the mona af the revenue required to meet the est of the)
(subsidy payable by the Hong Kong Government should
be exempted from assessment for Military Contribu-
tion; pointing out the desirability for political
reasons of obtaining the unqualified support of the
for the scheme
unofficial community in Hong Kong; and explaining
(which they wish to obtain
that Hong Kong could achieve the same result by
agreeing to pay only £4,000 as subsidy.
Ir. Bader
9/1
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an bewysmal bit/M
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"Eit Gent.
10.1
This seemed to
me
a
logical extension
of the principle that the charges for working expenses on certaine undertakings are deducted from the prors receipts of such undertaking for the purposes of military vribution. This entsidy only be regarded as a "working expense' of the in once source. lowell