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'ed in the ketimates. If therefore the policy of

coin is pursued the nett increase in revenue

price of prepared opium will be $357,104.

In order to establish equilibrium between

xpenditure it is necessary to provide for an addition

presium of $75,000 in respect of the Land Sale

Despatch

an tetegram of the 30th December

in the Estimate for Land Sales, I have excis-

(c) from Public Works Extraordinary and I can make

Jales of $25,000 giving a total saving on Public works

Mnary of $61,000. There will be further considerable

és in Personal 'molumenta in the Police and Prison Depart-

due to the absence of European Police and warders at the

́and in some other Departments from economies which are

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introduced. Those will probably amount to $50,000. I antici-

Spensiderable increases in revenue from Estate Duty due to recent Dislation on the subject (Ordinance 15 of 1915). The

increase this year may reach $50,000. To make up the balance and

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margin for increased vilitary Contribution I have decided

so increase the duties on alcoholic liquors by about 30 per centu

and to tax perfumes containing alcohol. This is estimated to

yield £120,Qp☺ this.

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year.

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koreover I would again urge upon you the pro-

-posals made in my confidential Despatch of the 29th. December by which an malimated revenue of song (8600,00g may be obtained 68 76. from tax)

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salt, and I hope shortly to lay before you proposals for taxing tobacco from which souree I estimate that $150,000 a

year can be derived.

Both these taxes coul' be initiated this year

Lat. of July with the result that a surplus revenue of

angkan the yet?'s worķīng night be effected.

This taxation path the proposals made in

will, 1 subsit, suflice for the needs of the 'ole.kr"

1 subuit,

ent.