CO129-509-8 Military Contributions- claim for relief 24-2-1928 - 15-12-1928 — Page 23

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

New Kowloon, and we assume that

it excludes only the less settled

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parts of the new territories.

We

agree, however, that it will be

essential to get an exact definition

of the area before we reach any

asking

final agreement, and are telegraphin

by tel. To send f

an exach

to Hong Kong on the subject.

definition,

with map.

(4) We do not think that the

adoption of the proposed new basis

in Hong Kong would be followed by

a similar proposal for the other

Eastern Colonies,

Conditions in

Hong Kong are quite peculiar.

Practically speaking Hong Kong

consists of a large urban area and

Kay Withe

practically no countryside. The

che

Government is Municipality and

accordingly raises part of its

revenue from rates levied on an

Lates

assessment which would elsewhere be

received

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