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Sachin Brker
Secretary of State for the Colonies.
(Dated 30th April.)
(Received Colonial Office 3.57 p.m. 80th April, 1917.)
1845
With reference to your despatch 29th Jan- uary confidential paragraph No. 4 I propose to raise Assessed taxes except in case of poorer villages
7 per cent as a war tax for duration of war pro- ceeds to be free gift probably about 1,000,000 dollars every year to His Majesty's Government have you any objection.
MAY.
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