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No.
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Despatch No., &c.
Data,
Page
194
The Governor
Hong
Kong, Confi- <!ential.
xxiii
1911.
185
To Treasury
SRBA Settl
April 10
ments
Proposes to defer replying to No. 184 until the Governor, who is expected shortly to arrive in England, has been consulted.
179
186
The Governor
Rong Kong, 132.
April 12 (Rec May .
179
195
War Office...
Hong Kong.
August 3
196
To Treasury
Straits Settle. ments.
August 5
187
Dirt
Hong
Kone, Telegram.
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To Governor
Hong Kong, [Telegram.
May 16
189
To Treasury
and Hong
May 18
War Office.
Kong.
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180
197
Treasury
Hong Kong.
August 12
Asks permission to make an adjustment in the Estimates for 1911-12 freeing the revenue raised to meet interest charges on the loan for the construction of the Canton-Kowloon Railway from the payment of military contribution.
Ree. May 123 Reports that the 'nolicial Members of 180
the Legislative Council have asked for papers on subject of his views on the calenlation of the contribution and asks if he may publish Nos. 168 and 186.
June 17
Deprecates publication of No. 168. as views therein expressed may prejudico negotiations with Treasury, and directs that No. 186 shoul·l not be published.
Requests agreement to the extension to Hong Kong of the principle that the assessable railway revenue for military contribution should be the gro receipts less the charges for mainten- ance and for the service of loans, and leas, in the case of railways expendi- ture out of revenue, 4 per cent. of the capital cost during a period of 50,
years.
Explains, in reply to No. 186, the prin ciples in force in the other Eastern Colonies in respect to the payment of contribution on railway revenue and encloses copy of No. 189; regrets inability to recommend to Treasury and War Office his proposal that the revenue required to meet the charges on the loan should be freed in any event from liability to assessment.
I
180
Transmits copy of a letter to the Treasury
agreeing to the application to the! revenue from the Canton-Kowloon Railway of the principle of asseRR- ment of net receipts.
Concurs in proposal to extend to the revenue from the Canton-Kowloon Railway the principle of assessment to contribution of net receipts; asks to see proposed amendments to the Contribution Ordinance before they are enacted,
Encloses draft of an Ordinance extend- ing to Hong Kong the principles in force in the other Eastern Colonies regarding payment of military con- tribution upon uet revenue
from railways, telephones, or other produc- tive undertakings.
181
183.
130
To Governor
Hong- Kong, 136.
May 18
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191
War Office...
Hong Kong.
192
Treasury
Hong Kong.
June 26
193
To War Office and
Treasury.
Hong Kong.
July 13
198
To Governor
Hong Kong, 250.
August 19
Bubject.
Page.
June 8 (Rec. July 24.)
August 3 (Rec. Sept. 4.)
Reports agitation by the Unofficial Members of the Legislative Council against the excessive amount of the military contribution, and encloses report of a debate in Council: anb. mits observations on certain aspects of the question.
Encloses copy of a letter to Treasury expressing general agreement with the draft Ordinance in No. 193.
Suggests that, in regard to certain matters in dispute, a settlement has been arrived at, but observes that as regards others, Mr. Harcourt is quite unable to accept the Treasury view, and considers that in view of the irritation and friction caused in the Colonies by the prosent arrangements, the whole question of the contribu- tions should be referred to an Inter- departmental Committee.
184
195
195
Approves draft Ordinance enclosed 197
in No. 193 subject to amendment specified; but asks that Governor may be instructed that the principle is not to be extended to "productive undertakings" other than railways and telephones without reference to the Secretary of State.
198
Encloses, with reference to, No. 190, 198
draft of an Ordinance to amend the Defence Contribution Ordinance, 1901, and requests that in the event of reproductive undertakings other than railways and telephones being estab- lished the principle of net receipts should not be extended to such under- takings without previous reference to the Secretary of State. Asks that certain items of revenue may be excluded from assessment to military contributions, for the reason that they are exempted in the Straits Settlements; suggests that the assess- ment in Ceylon, the Straits, and Federated Malay States should be raised to the level of Hong Kong, the extra sum thus raised being contri- buted to the Navy, Requeste authority to publish No. 194
and any reply to it.
200
201
Forwards letter from local auditor sug- gesting that Medical and Educational Departments should be credited with the fees they receive. Forwards letter from War Office pointing | 202
out that the Imperial grant to Hong Kong in respect to loss of revenue due to new oplum policy was not included in the revenue assessable to military contribution for 1910; states that the grant was fixed on the assumption that it would be liable to military contribution and requests that the necessary steps may be taken to include it in the statement of revenue for 1910 and two following years.
199
The Governor
Hong
Kong, Confi. dential.
182
200
The Governor
Hong
October +
Kong,
(Rec. Nov. 9.)
Confi-
dential.
201
Ditto
Hong
182
202
Treasury
October 12 Kong, (Rec. Nov. 11.); Confil- dential. Hong Kong.
November 27
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