CO129-487 - Others & Individuals - 1924 — Page 574

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The Revenue question -

The Home Office suggest that,

failing a desision in favour of total

prohibition, the Colonial deverments

should pressed with such improvements in

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the existing systems as can be devised and

at the same time should dissociate the

profite of the epis nonopolies from the

general revenues of the Colonies and use

then for humanitarian and social services

outside the ordinary sphere of Government

setivities

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the process to be spread over

a number of years.

$1. I may say at once that when it

vas first made te na I was mich attracted

by this suggestion which, if it sould be

adopted, would slear the Colonial Govern-

ments of any suspicion that their vested

interests are preventing them from taking

more effective action to carry out the

terms of the Convention.

The comparative-

ly small, compact and prosperous Colony

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