CO129-268 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1895 [7-11] — Page 382

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are

of a municipal

character, & all H

GR

not included in the general

Revenue of

the Straits

Settlements, because

Kapfe a

municipalities

exist in that Colony,

I have in the first,

first place

Trat

to point

out toge

the municipal

at the Straits Settlements.

are

oper

only about 20,

cent of the gross revenues (general & municipal),

and that for the sake

Canparisin between the

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two Colonies I could not

regard

"Municipal."

several of the items

specified

in the second

Enc. Tyme dess under

Азии

ack!", which altogether

amount to over 30 per

376

cent of the Revenue. For uistance, Pawnbrokers' Licenses & Spirit Licenses

form part of the general,

not the municipal

revenue in the Straits Settlements. In that Colony also the municipalities contribute about $$72,00 To the General Revenue for Police purposes, while the municipal work

districts in the outlying

is performed by the Colonial Gor!", which receives for that purpose 1887,000 under "the head "Districh. Collections.

3. Further,

The cases

of Hongking & the Shant Settlements Cannot be regarded in this matter as

thin

t

Same