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which may hereafter be establi herd and or interest atad sinking fund haly splus raised by loan and utilized for the construction of such railway-, telephotas or undertakings shall be deducted from the gross receipts of such railways, telephones or undertakings respectively and the percentage struck on the tiet receipts only it any in each case Provided also that fram and after the first day of January, 191! in the case of any railways, telephones or other productive undertakings the cost of the construction of which has been or hereafter may be detrayed out of the revenue of the Colony and not by means of a lan there shall be dodneted amanally from the gross receipts of such railways, telephones or other undertakings during a period of titty years a sum equal to four per cent on the capital expenditure incurred in the establishment of such railways telephones or other undertakings and the percentage Jall be struck on the net receipts if any after deducting the said sum of four per cent)
Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 16th day of November. 1911
CLEMENTI.
Clerk of Council- Assented to. by His Excellency the Governor, the 17th day of November, 1911
A W BREWIN.
Enclosure 2 in. No 204
Colonial Secretary
Attorney General's Chambers,
Hong Kong, 20th November 1911
Report on Ordinance No 45 of 1911
I have examined the accompanying Ordinance, entitled "An Ordinance to amend the Defence Contribution Ordinance, 1901." and I am of opinion, that the Ordinance is one which is not contrary to the Governor's Instructions
This Ordinance was passed without amendment, as directed by His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies in his despatch, dated the 19th August,
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No 206
HONG KONG
COLONIAL OFFICE to TREASURY
{Ansir,red by No. 210.]
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Downing Street, 23 December, 1911 I AM directed by Mr Secretary Harcourt to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 27th of November, in which it is suggested that the contributions paid by His Majesty's Government to Hong Kong in compensation for the loss of revenue due to the new opium policy should be assessed to military contribution
2 I am to request you to inform the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury that as no mention was made of the payment of military contribution on the grants of three fixed sums for 1910. 1911, and 1912. it did not occur to the Secretary of State that they could possibly he regarded as ordinary revenue, and that repayment of one-fifth of the amounts would be demanded for military contri
bution
3 Nothing was said to the Colony on the point in announcing the amounts of the grants, and the Colony has also assumed that these grants would not be liable to military contribution
4 In these circumstances Mr Harcourt regrets that he cannot now invite the Hong Kong Government to pay military contribution on the grants which have been made or promised; but he is willing that, in connexion with the possible further grants referred to in your letter of the 17th of March,t of which, in accordance with what was understood to be their Lordships' wishes, no mention has been made to the Colony, the question of military contribution on the grants as a whole should he considered when dealing with the question of the amount of such further grants as may be required to make up the full half of the direct loss of opium revenue.
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G. V FIDDES.
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No 205
CEYLON
C G ALABASTER.
Attorney General
WAR OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received 21 December, 1911.,
[Copy to etary to seruor, tonidential, 29 December, 1911. L.F]
War Office. London, S. W., 21st December, 1911 ADVERTING to your letter 32272, of 23rd November, 1910.* relative to the military contribution payable by the Government of Ceylon, I am commanded to acquaint you that the Army Council are glad to note that Mr. Secretary Harcourt accepts the justice of the view that, with the abandonment of Trincomali, the maximum limit of the contribution should logically be the whole cost, instead of three-fourths cost, of the garrison.
Having regard, however, to the circumstances represented in your letter, the Treasury (to whom the Army Council have referred the correspondence) are of opinion that it would be better not at present to press for any change as regards Ceylon; and the Army Council have accepted this view.
I am, &c.,
R. H. BRADE.
(No. 410)
SIR,
No. 207.
HONG KONG.
THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received January 1, 1912.)
[Answered by No. 205.]
Government House, Hong Kong, 5th December, 1911.
I HAVE the honour to forward, for your information, a report of the debate in Legislative Council on The Defence Contribution Ordinance, 1901, Amendment Ordinance, 1911," which was submitted for the signification of His Majesty's pleasure in my despatch, No. 395, of 23rd November.‡
I have, &c.,
F. D. LUGARD,
Governor, &c.
Enclosure in No. 207.
Extract from the Hong Kong DAILY PRESS of the 17th November, 1911. Meeting of LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL HELD ON 16TH NOVEMBER, 1911.
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Defence CosTRIBUTION ÂMENDMENT ORDINANCE.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the second reading of the Bill entitled "An Ordinance to amend the Defence Contribution Ordinance, 1901." In doing so he said-I think the objects
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