CO129-339 - Acting Governor May Governor Nathan - 1907 [1-3] — Page 48

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Two alternatives to this method were in the mind of Sir Matthew Nathan, of which one was to appoint the Assistant Land Officer instead of the Assistant Superintendent of Police at Taipo, Collector of Revenue; and the other was to appoint an Assistant Collector of Revenue of the status of an Inspector of Police, with a salary of £180 to £225 per annum with triennial increments of £15, to do the supervision of collection and accounts for which allowances to Police Sergeants in the New Territories, amounting to $2,400, have been provided in the 1907 Estimates.

3. To both these alternatives the following objections have been advanced and are equally applicable, viz.:- that a single Officer could not conduct the daily checks which are deemed to be essential to prevent defalcation by the Chinese Shroffs who receive the revenue; that the collection of revenue could not be simultaneously carried on throughout the New Territories; and that delay in the collection would result.

4. If collection were not made simultaneously in each district, it would probably cause dissatisfaction were the people in one district called upon

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45 2. Two alternatives to this method were in the mind of Sir Matthew Nathan, of which one was to appoint the Assistant Land Officer instead of the Assistant Superintendent of Police at Taipo, Collector of Revenue; and the other was to appoint an Assistant Collector of Revenue of the status of an Inspector of Police, with a salary of £180 to £225 per annum with triennial increments of £15, to do the supervision of collection and accounts for which allowances to Police Sergeants in the New Territories, amounting to $2,400, have been provided in the 1907 Estimates. 3. To both these alternatives the following objections have been advanced and are equally applicable, viz.:- that a single Officer could not conduct the daily checks which are deemed to be essential to prevent defalcation by the Chinese Shroffs who receive the revenue; that the collection of revenue could not be simultaneously carried on throughout the New Territories; and that delay in the collection would result. 4. If collection were not made simultaneously in each district, it would probably cause dissatisfaction were the people in one district called upon

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St 45 2. Two alternatives to this method were in the mind of Sir Matthew Nathan, of which one was to appoint the Assistant Land Officer instead of the Assistant Superintendent of Police at Taipo, Collector of Revenue; and the other was to appoint an Assistant Collect- -or of Revenue of the status of an Inspector of Police, with a salary of £180 to £225 per annum with triennial increments of £15, to do the supervision of collection and accounts for which allowances to Police Sergeants in the New Territories, amounting to $2,400, have been provided in the 1907 Estimates. 3. To both these alternatives the following objections have been advanced and are equally applicable, viz.:- that a single Officer could not conduct the daily checks which are deemed to be essential to prevent defalcation by the Chinese Shroffs who receive the revenue; that the collection of revenue could not be simultaneously carried on throughout the New Territories; and that delay in the collection would result. 4. If collection were not made simultaneously in each district, it would probably cause dissatisfaction were the people in one district called upon

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Two alternatives to this method

were in the mind of Sir Matthew Nathan, of which one was

to appoint the Assistant Land Officer instead of the

Assistant Superintendent of Police at Taipo, Collector of

Revenue; and the other was to appoint an Assistant Collect-

-or of Revenue of the status of an Inspector of Police,

with a salary of £180 to £225 per annum with triennial

increments of £15, to do the supervision of collection and

accounts for which allowances to Police Sergeants in the

New Territories, amounting to $2,400, have been provided

in the 1907 Estimates.

To both these alternatives the

following objections have been advanced and are equally

applicable, viz.:- that a single Officer could not conduct

the daily checks which are deemed to be essential to

prevent defalcation by the Chinese Shroffs who receive the

revenue; that the collection of revenue could not be

simultaneously carried on throughout the New Territories;

and that delay in the collection would result.

If collection were not made

simultaneously in each district, it would probably cause

dissatisfaction were the people in one district called

upon

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