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P. 14SURY CHAMBERS.
12th August 1911
148
I am directed by the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury to request you to acquaint Mr. Secretary Harcourt that, subject to the addition of the words "the British section of" before "the Kowloon-Canton Railway",
hey approve the draft of the Ordinance to amend the Hong Kong Defence Contribution Ordinance 1901, which accompanied Mr. Fiddes' letter of the 13th ultimo (20915/1911).
My Lords will be glad, however, to receive from the
Secretary of State an assurance, as in the similar case of the Straits Settlements (Colonial Office letter of 5th July
to t 1899 16849), that he will instruct the Governor of Hong Kong that, in the event of any, "reproductive undertakings" other than railways or telephones being established by the Colonial Government, the principle of assessment of net
receipts to Military Contribution should not be extended to
such undertakings without previous reference to himself, in
order that the question may first be submitted to this
Board and the Army Council. And it will save departmental
correspondence hereafter if each new case of a railway or
telephone in the Colony to which the principle is to be
applied is notified by your Department to the War Office as
it arises, in order that the Army Council may be able to
check the amount of military contribution payable from time
to time.
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The Under Secretary of State,
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
Colonial Office.
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