CO129-268 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1895 [7-11] — Page 368

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Ithial even

if the present contention

revenn

f

the Httery.

foot could be admitted, we

certainly could not allow all the iteins specified in Enc. 2 to thirdess (amounting altogether to over 30 per cent of the Reverine) to be regarded as municipal, For instance,

Comminge Licences, Pawnbrokers Licenses & Spirit Licenses at the Shants come under General & not under Municipal. Revenue. Morcover at the Straits the Municipaliters contribute $$72,000 to feneral Revenue for Police purposes;, also the Municipal work in the outlying Districts. the Straits is done by this Central for, for which purpose the General Revenue receives, under wad

1887,

District Collections.

But add

Modding that the cases of Heresting Ithe Straits cannot be regarded.

When

Hiis matter as m although there are

suice same footing, separate Municipal

Revennes in the former Colony

then

other hand the expenses of Sustanti administration are greater in proportion

1. to these

lazzer

Hangking, owing to the

area

lach

to be governed (o the distance the several Settlements from other, requiring in some cases a

or

664)

the total

area is mas than 50 hims

that of HK. while thi Gross Reven

X

me

half of

including the remainder Municipal world apparents demble receiptser

less than this be nearly

HR.

triple staff of officers to be maintained fines thon with the staff required

compared

in the Compact Coling of Hungting. And that Mr. Chamberlain whetherwhabe

Hkuny

much an one

third of the whole

seer wo rea

for regarding

at all

the proposed percentage in the case of Hungking,

Cy

A

unreasmable contribution to ask for that foling

2. As

as to that portion of

362

Barrack

Expenditure which has been already incurred

see minutes

16213/94 only

& draft to Treasury

I think we

comm

? Answer that cars of that cricumstance was among

other

Considerations taken into accou

when it was proposed that the Coley should and phras

third of

Barracks

I thin

Sov.

of cost of

then

as to which the

was warned in derpt of 20 Jan. 1890 [957] that the solery

would be asked to bear.

of the cost-

share

a

Mi

to pas

th

and that if

Impl pot had agreed,

whole cost of works already executed it could have and

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condition that the

bove at

a

been

Coling

larger proportion of

the remaining expenditure. ? So reply & send copy &W.O. with ref. to 16947,

car. to Treamin

cops

tales

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