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participating in the larger scheme.
2.
These two stipulations appear reason-
-able, but it is clear that if the passages of the large majori-
-ty of subordinate officers are thus eliminated from the
General Imperial Scheme, the benefits which accrue to the
Colony, (and to other Colonies) of receiving the full twenty-five
per centum rebate may be jeopardised. If the Governments of any
other Crown Colonies were to enter into any similar separate
schemes I presume that there is little doubt that the total
passage money would fall below the sum of £25,000, which
according to the Crown Agents' letter of 11th. August, 1909, is
the minimum necessary to secure the full rebate of twenty-five
per centum on all passages. It is conceivable though perhaps
not probable that this Colony might in such a case lose more
than it gained by obtaining a separate rebate of twenty-five
per centum under the Free Passage Scheme.
3.
Since the local Agent of the Peninsular
and Oriental Steam Navigation Company must in any case refer
the matter to his Directors, and since the attitude of this
Colony must depend upon considerations of which I am only very
partially cognisant, but with which the Crown Agents are
familiar, I would request that they should be authorised to
communicate
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