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and general control.

$7,650

(c)

Chinese Clerks at various

768

Police Stations.

3,600

(d)

Allowances for extra work at

cut-stations.

2,000

£ 25,750

To this would have to be added the initial expense

of a launch £18,500. Any other work involved would fall with- in the duties now performed by police, revenue officers and junk inspectors. A small motor boat might be required. The launch would of course also be of assistance in the control of liquor and opium, and the export of military stores.

16.

I have tried to give some idea of the general situation from the point of view of practice without going into full details. I would like to emphanie the following

points:-

i

(1). Any system of control or taxation is practical-

ly useless without the adoption of a smilar

system in lacao.

(2). Genuine co-operation is required both from the

Chinese and the lacas authorities. This particu- larly applies to the movement of salt by junk between here and Swatow,

(3). The expenditure that I have roughly outlined

would be necessary even in the case of control without taxation, if such control was to be in

any way effective.

(4).

(4). I believe my figures for revenue to be fairly

sound, but if fishing junks are allowed salt

free the revenue from a tax on other consumption

would be reduced.

(5). Little or no extra expenditure would be involved

in taxation as compared with a system of simple

control.

3d.

R. 0. HUTCHISON,

S. 1. E. 15.11.15.