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stated in the enclosed Memorandum Enclosure!

by the Colonial Treasurer, (Mr. Lister).

This action was taken

with the unanimous advice of 3 Executive Council; and the

ne

:cessity of it seems to be

recognized by the comme

generally.

༨.

the

community

It will be recollected

that the entire taxation of Honghong

both general and municipal),

amounts to rather less than

pound

One

one

shilling (£1.1.0) per

-head of the population ;- that is,

to

105 Septtr. 1885.

to only

about

one

third.

of

the

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aggregate general and municipal of the population

taxation

per

head

in the United Kingdom and in

the Australasian Colonies.

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I have

always

been

strongly in favour of the creation of clective Municipalities in European and homogeneous communities; and I took an

active part in encouraging the extension of such municipalities during the twenty years that I Governor of three of the

principal

was