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Lands required for Military purposes.

Report of Conference.

Members ;-

Colonel C.M. Watson, C.M.G., War Office. Mr. R. Chalmers,

Mr. G.W. Johnson,

Treasury. Colonial Office.

Secretary

Mr. A.H.B. Allen,

War Office.

The Conference consider it advisable to preface

their recommendations with a resume of the chief facts of

the present situation and of the history leading up to

revenue.

1. The Colony of Hong Kong at present pays a general military contribution of 17.4 per cent of its

This has produced in recent years £42,000

243,000 a year, a sum which may be taken roughly as

representing about one-sixth of the total cost of the

Garrison, exclusive of capital expenditure on land and

buildings. This contribution is held to be a return for

all military expenditure in the Colony including repair

and maintenance of buildings and new works costing less

than £100, but does not cover the provision of lands or

of works costing £100 or more. Separate arrangements

have to be made with regard to a contribution in respect

of these.

The history of these arrangements begins for

present