CO129-307 - Governor Sir Blake - 1901 [10-12] — Page 827

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15.

Let us examine the incidence of taxation in order to make such a gift.

There are in the Colony less than three thousand Englishmen, many of whom pay taxes at home.

These men would therefore only be taking money from one pocket and putting it into the other.

The remaining quarter million are foreigners and Chinamen. I see no particular reason why these should receive a gift from the British taxpayer.

16.

I hope therefore that if the Imperial Government has not distinctly reserved full rights over this Military Reserve that it will now do so. I am aware that the Colonial Government is in a difficult position with regard to certain promises connected with this ground that it made to Mr Chater but that difficulty might be got over by allowing him to build houses suitable for Officers Mess and Quarters.

17.

As to the land to be exchanged for that at Mount Austin, there is a piece of land available for sale or exchange in Mount Cochrane. The material in the Hill was handed over to the Colony free of charge for the purpose of making the Kowloon reclamation, and when it is cut down to the level of the

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821 15. Let us examine the incidence of taxation in order to make such a gift. There are in the Colony less than three thousand Englishmen, many of whom pay taxes at home. These men would therefore only be taking money from one pocket and putting it into the other. The remaining quarter million are foreigners and Chinamen. I see no particular reason why these should receive a gift from the British taxpayer. 16. I hope therefore that if the Imperial Government has not distinctly reserved full rights over this Military Reserve that it will now do so. I am aware that the Colonial Government is in a difficult position with regard to certain promises connected with this ground that it made to Mr Chater but that difficulty might be got over by allowing him to build houses suitable for Officers Mess and Quarters. 17. As to the land to be exchanged for that at Mount Austin, there is a piece of land available for sale or exchange in Mount Cochrane. The material in the Hill was handed over to the Colony free of charge for the purpose of making the Kowloon reclamation, and when it is cut down to the level of the

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821 15. Let us examine the incidence of taxation in order to make such a gift. There are in the Colony less than three thousand Englishmen, many of whom pay taxes at home. These men would therefore only be taking money from one pocket and putting it into the other. The remaining quarter million are foreigners and Chinamen. I see no particular reason why these should receive a gift from the British taxpayer. 16. I hope therefore that if the Imperial Government has not distinctly reserved full rights over this Military Reserve that it will now do so. I am aware that the Colonial Government is in a difficult position with regard to certain promises connected with this ground that it made to Mr Chater but that difficulty might be got over by allowing him to build houses suitable for Officers Mess and Quarters. 17. As to the land to be exchanged for that at Mount Austin, there is a piece of land available for sale or exchange in Mount Cochrane. The material in the Hill was handed over to the Colony free of charge for the purpose of making the Kowldan reclamation, and when it is cut down to the level of the

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15.

Let us examine the incidence of taxation in order to

make such a gift.

There are in the Colony less than three thousand Englishmen,

many of whom pay taxes at home.

These men would therefore only be taking money from one pocket

and putting it into the other.

The remaining quarter million are foreigners and Chinamen. I

see no particular reason why these should receive a gift

from the British taxpayer.

16.

I hope therefore that if the Imperial Government

has not distinctly reserved full rights over this Military

Reserve that it will now do so. I am aware that the Colonial

Government is in a difficult position with regard to certain promises connected with this ground that it made to Mr Chater but that difficulty might be got over by allowing him to build

houses suitable for Officers Mess and Quarters.

17.

As to the land to be exchanged for that at Mount

Austin, there is a piece of land available for sale or exchange in Mount Cochrane. The material in the Hill was handed over to the Colony free of charge for the purpose of making

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