CO129-269 - Governor Sir Robinson & Public Offices - 1895 [12] — Page 624

Samsan actual receipts for the present gear cannot be known even

in the folany

Fehmary,

till towards the end

2.

Int

C

when the frown legents accounts reach the Colony; that the Soverer will be asked t

even by telegraph send the figures frome 1

^

as soon ar

they

are known; & that the Love of Ceylon Straits will be similarly, instructed

1 And

that.

a4

Any further communication on this subject should be addressed to- The Under Secretary of State,

War Office,

Pall Mall,

London, S.W.,

War Office,

and the following number quoted.

Влачив

40248/326

Jo ne get ther

Ceylon

Revenu

regards the

Contribution for for 11 mont is estimated at a net Revenue of

каз Straits, the Military

11896 will be $605,100 (on a net

55 and

$3,912,8552

on so after date. We

less Landsales have

that thi

probable Revenue of 1895 "now est! at $$3,977,404

? estimate of against the original

$$3,813,562.

and that the corresponding figures

are:

میاره

Brot Illen Zet hand Move for

1894

I have taken ther

20,600,000 figures from

Est.nett Revenue 1896. 20,600,000

for Cegli

Revised Est

Mil = Centr

1895- 20,235,873

aganist viginal Estrof

1896

the Straits Salt & thr 19,697,000 1,545,000 Ceylm draßß

przy 11/12 on911/12

GPZ 11

at once

Estimates

Sir,

619

0.0.

22050

Rect TRW 11 DEC 85)

Pall Mall, S.W.

10th December,

1895.

I am directed by the Secretary of State for War

to enquire with a view to the preparation of the Army

Estimates for the financial year 1896-97, whether Mr Secre-

tary Chamberlain has reason to believe that the net

estimated revenue of Hong Kong, on which the Military

Contribution for the year 1896 is to be based, will

differ materially from that for the current year, which

is given in the Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee

on Colonial Military Contributions (Section XI) as

$2,018,526, yielding under the recently adoptad percentage

system a Contribution of $353,242. If Mr Chamberlain

has reason to expect any material variation I am to re-

quest that the actual figures may be obtained by

telegraph.

I am at the same time to enquire when it

is expected that the actual figures of the revenue for

the calendar year 1895 will be known, and whether such

information as is in possession of your Department

tends

The Under Secretary of State ?

Colonial Office,