CO129-124 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [8-9] — Page 261

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the Mint and the source

that establishment

the funds Support.

were

was

from which, if

to be maintained;

to be supplied for its

4. I likewise wished to ascertain whether

It was the unalterable intention

of Her Majesty's Government to remit no

part of the Military Contribution. It had occurred to me that the expectations which induced Her Majesty's Government to establish a Mint here had hitherto been disappointed and as unexpectedly a very large proportion of the Colonial Capital and income had been sunk in that project, which may be said to have been carried out entirely by Her Majesty's Government, it was possible that the opportunity might be availed of to abate somewhat the demands made on the Colony for the Military Contribution, till the Stamp Ordinance at least had been put in working order.

5. I therefore thought it possible that the remission of some years' Military Contribution from the end of last September to the end of this might have been conceded and with the help of the new Stamp duty have enabled the Colony to right itself, especially if Your Grace decided to sanction the policy of establishing a limited number of Licensed Gambling houses, each License casting a sufficient sum to render the cooperation of the Chinese a certainty in the suppression

Corrected version in HTML as per the instructions: - "Meint" -> "Mint" - "Lit" -> "It" - "Her" added for correctness - "fof" -> "of" - "foccurred" -> "occurred" - "wb" -> "the" - "f which" -> "which" - "Ito" -> "to" - "beolony" -> "Colony" - "C#" seems to be an OCR error and is removed as it doesn't make sense in the context. - "mare" -> "new" (assuming "mare" is an OCR error for "new" as "mare Stamp duty" doesn't make sense) - "balony" -> "Colony" - "hauses" -> "houses" - Some minor spacing and punctuation corrections made.

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the Mint and the source that establishment the funds Support. were was from which, if to be maintained; to be supplied for its 4. I likewise wished to ascertain whether It was the unalterable intention of Her Majesty's Government to remit no part of the Military Contribution. It had occurred to me that the expectations which induced Her Majesty's Government to establish a Mint here had hitherto been disappointed and as unexpectedly a very large proportion of the Colonial Capital and income had been sunk in that project, which may be said to have been carried out entirely by Her Majesty's Government, it was possible that the opportunity might be availed of to abate somewhat the demands made on the Colony for the Military Contribution, till the Stamp Ordinance at least had been put in working order. 5. I therefore thought it possible that the remission of some years' Military Contribution from the end of last September to the end of this might have been conceded and with the help of the new Stamp duty have enabled the Colony to right itself, especially if Your Grace decided to sanction the policy of establishing a limited number of Licensed Gambling houses, each License casting a sufficient sum to render the cooperation of the Chinese a certainty in the suppression Corrected version in HTML as per the instructions: - "Meint" -> "Mint" - "Lit" -> "It" - "Her" added for correctness - "fof" -> "of" - "foccurred" -> "occurred" - "wb" -> "the" - "f which" -> "which" - "Ito" -> "to" - "beolony" -> "Colony" - "C#" seems to be an OCR error and is removed as it doesn't make sense in the context. - "mare" -> "new" (assuming "mare" is an OCR error for "new" as "mare Stamp duty" doesn't make sense) - "balony" -> "Colony" - "hauses" -> "houses" - Some minor spacing and punctuation corrections made.
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the Meint and the source that establishment the funds Support. were was from which, if to be maintained; to be supplied for its 4. I likewise wished to ascertain whether Lit was the unalterable intention of Majesty's Government to remit no Her partion fof the Military Contribution. It had foccurred to me that wb the expectations f which induced Her Majesty's Government Ito establish a Mint here had hitherto been disappointed and as unexpectedly very large proportion of the Colonial Capital and income had been sunk in be said to have that project, which may been carried out entirely by Her Majesty's fivernment, it was possible that the 255 opportunity might be availed of to abate somewhat the demands made on the beolony for the Mailitary Contribution, till the Stamp Ordinance at least had been put in working order. 5. I therefore thought it possible that the remifsion of ome C# years Mailitary bontribution from the end of last September to the end of this might have been conceded and with the help of the mare Stamp duty have enabled the balony to right itself especially if Your Grace decided to sanction the policy of establishing a limited number of Licensed Gambling hauses, each License casting a sufficient sum to render the cooperation of the Chinese a certainty in the suppression
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the Meint and the source

that establishment

the funds Support.

were

was

from which, if

to be maintained;

to be supplied for its

4. I likewise wished to ascertain whether

Lit

was the unalterable intention

of

Majesty's Government to remit no

Her

partion

fof the Military Contribution. It had

foccurred to

me

that

wb

the expectations

f which induced Her Majesty's Government

Ito establish a Mint here had hitherto

been disappointed and as unexpectedly very large proportion of the Colonial

Capital and income had been sunk in

be said to have that project, which

may

been carried out entirely by Her Majesty's

fivernment, it

was

possible that the

255

opportunity might be availed of to abate somewhat the demands made on

the

beolony for the Mailitary Contribution, till the Stamp Ordinance at least had been put in working order.

5.

I therefore thought it possible that the remifsion of

ome

C#

years Mailitary bontribution from the end of last September

to the end of this might have been conceded and with the help of the

mare

Stamp duty have enabled the balony to right itself especially if Your Grace decided to sanction the policy of establishing a limited number of Licensed Gambling hauses, each License casting a sufficient

sum to render the cooperation of the Chinese a certainty in the suppression

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