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offered by the Harbour it is reasonable that they should

pay on day entries also. On the basis of last year's

collections these increases will yield $113,000 and

$22,000 per annum respectively or a total of $135,000 per

annum, and I propose that these additional Dues be maintain

-ed until half the aggregate cost of the Refuge and the

deepening of the shelter at Causeway Bay is reached.

I have considered the question of

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calling the increase in dues Harbour Dues, but am advised

that those principally concerned will probably prefer no

change in a nomenclature to which they are accustomed.

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Since the sum which it is proposed

to raise during the next five or six years (the period

estimated for the construction of the Refuge) is in the

nature of a special contribution for a work the urgency of

which is recognised unanimously by all sections of the

Community, (and to meet the cost of which there are not

wanting many who strongly advocate the raising of a Loan)

I have the honour to suggest to Your Lordship that the

monies raised for this purpose which I may point out is

largely humanitarian and undertaken in order to save life

in typhoons

may be paid into a special fund and not in-

-cluded in the Revenues of the Colony which are subject to

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