Colonial yout
proposal that they should
pay
20 per cent instead of 141⁄2 per
cent of
their annual Revenue,
as hitherto, to cover all Militar
Expenditure.
I am to add that it is
Mr Chamberlain's intention to
press this latter proporal upon
$
the Colonial Gov't & that he
will shortly subsuit
for Their
Lordships concurrence
the draft
of
a Despatch to the Governor
upon this subject:
has been
t: A copy of this fetter communicated to the was office.
1 CPL
DOMESTIC.
C.O
113
207€4
REC
&
t
dee or Individual.
asury
1900
No.
Noo 20764
(Subject.)
REG 30 JUN 00
Kilitary Contritrition
Jnue perious Paper. Makes for
no
2530
I can't
reminded 13 TLAI.
245 Oct
-120-15000-17-005 203-5000-11-0
28
equent Paper.
news 76.0.
в хв. тешо
on.
proposal in
cccdorsed by wo.
(Minutes.)
This has crossed
Ack & refert
818963
Draft
to
CL
letta
Outh Cu93076
at mee
Treasury with reference to this litter & to
634
a letter in 18963
for
18963 & our latter
7
on 11245, sunding
+ to W. 0. with refit to our better
20 th July
Explain concurrence draft despatcle hersintt. that the proposal in paragraple of bajor hathan's memorand as to the colmy giving, free of cost: available un oumfied land has not bean included in defeatch to frumor because the liability of the Colony of Hongkong to five Suck land free of cost has never been admitted, as it been in the Straits scttlements) of that to such leability was proposed to or admitted in the riport of the Departement
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