CO129-368 - Acting Governor May - 1910 [8-9] — Page 530

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

take it that this is a matter for the account

Dept. The def sw?

wessary action

(3)

so

to them for

hgra

it to than

All

/ understand that La Su 2. Apword

Laut

wishes to know whether the rexcame from

mAw

the new taxation will be equal to half the loss caused by the spuim poling This is agortion we can't answer: The

amount

estinales

Iresemme put down in the 1960

mz

punly conjectural,

a wed

account for the year are

know how much actual

Im

amy

Carl

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Then ill wotally be perther heary loves

osmin

wing to the moaned price & saw which int recessitate some whef hing

to the Farmers

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concesmen

demine ton of revenue from the farm

BR

Mr. Fiddes

It is important if this goes to the Cabi- !

net to drop the mention of the specific sum of

£12,000 and to go for one half of the direct

tus the y

10 it

loss of opium revenue, whatever it may prove

years 1910

м

until the

to be. For two reasons

we shan't

Westme

they for.

our antention is that the

grant in the settled purely in conson

the hors caused the opeim whin; a

&

the fact that fuch taxation how to he

and is not really relevant to the dispute

with the Treasury.

that without an

This tile hours shows

add it has

taratin

Any

be

hew Ju

of

Imperial front, there

with be an exhinated defiect in 1911

$110,ma Labas at 1/9th $. $110,000,0

(2) a decision

(1) The Farmers may default or claim relief on account

of the high price of opium. One half the direct

loss in the years 1911 and 1912 may then be much

more than £12,000.

on the principle of one half the direct

loss will help us in getting a grant for the S.S.

We have already asked the Treas. to pay a sum re-

presenting one half the loss.

If the Cabinet will decide this in our favour

on principle, the Treas. will have much reason to

regret that they did not

sary while they were in the way with him

ASC

Sir & Hosewood

I agreed There was no pomitiilich of

tel.

A

the purposed, the matter being settled

agree with their adver-

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