CO129-386 - Public Offices & Others - 1911 — Page 40

y the loss occasimed of the new

бріш

policy, H. kg. paid Haughing the

Se

J

ま

9000

im 1980

The

payments should be made

Question of making to payments

to Sting King & Ad payment f

عليمية

I receiving

to the Straits Setts of future

the Cana

سمان

4.4.9.

Ase

8/2

1911

39

Youse of

Commons

Date.

10886

o hilitary contribution levied on

8 April

Last previous Paper.

ein Report

each Colony is 20 per cent. Mr. HARCOURT: The military contri-

of its gross revenue, less certain deduc- tions. It is obvious that the reduction of the revenue from opium causes automali-

Included

in in

Copy G. and A. EN 199. 8 April to Shewark was gut En

224.73

(88.413). W.28,032-50.

40,000. 11/10. A.&R.W.

postal revenue

69. Mr. Stewart, To ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies, whether, for calculating the military contribution upon the revenue of the Colony of Hong Kong, it is the custom to calculate the per-centage charged upon the amount received by the post office without deducting what it costs to run that department; and, if so, what has been the amount collected from the Colony upon this item since the present method of codecting the military contribu tion has been instituted; and does the cost of running the post office exceed the receipts. [Wednesday 5th April.]

Mr Cottur

The

Refly.

OKAMIH

m

to the first pack of

the the har

the affirmative. I

gentleman's question is in the

Cann aux WIN

the

langer notice than

second part with art much

the hm. gent has ginn,

In recent years, the cost of the post Alice has sometimes exceeded & sometime fallen the receipts. For the present your

# 403, 100 &

shat

of

the estimated revere is #403,

un #456,877. the actinated expenditure # 456, 897. ]

the

// The matter is so complicated. Iin previous years h 1 Postal agency question that

I couldn't work with any

Next subsequent Paper sults without taking for

18092.

mae tune than I have to space

or than the matter discuss

JAB

AXC

BY 4741

-4/4

over

Bo reply. Treasury concurrence should be obtained.

the R. Grand

In view of Mr. Lloyd George's continued absence,

Lord Crewe now proposes to discuss the matter with the Prime

A

Minister and Sir G.Murray so I understand from Mr.

Barle today. The question of a grant to the S.S. will

have to come up when the H.K. question has been

settled. We have asked for a Grant for the S.S., but

the Treasury have not yet committed themselves - we don't

want to press the matter till a decision has been come to on

the principle of calculating the H. X. Grant ).

84/2

JBZ 8/2

J. 9.2.

We are not likely to get Treasary arsent by the 14th (certainly not as to straits settlement. Itof duswer at K9-711

Ted cros

15 Feb