16
2.
Subject to
the Army Council's 2) their Lordships'
concurrence, the Secretary of State proposes
to inform the Governor that the power of
disallowance will not be exercised in
respect of the Ordinance.
3. I am to take this opportunity to
enclose a copy of a despatch from the
Governor of Hong Kong dated the 24th December,
1938, forwarding a copy of a
tatement made
Statem
I the Colony
1/at
to the Hong Kong Legislative Council/at a
meeting held on the 22nd December, 1938,
adoption of a system
Ine
regarding the method of assessment of the
Fixed concicntion in reopens. I
Hong Kong Military Contribution for an experimentsł
hemod of five years
4.
t
A similar letter is being
addressed to (1) the Treasury
(2) the War Office.
I am, etc.
(Signed) G. E. J. GENT.