CO129-509-8 Military Contributions- claim for relief 24-2-1928 - 15-12-1928 — Page 54

28 [No.9]

52802/261

N● CONFIDERIAI (1) )

T

RECEIVED

30 AUG 1928

COL. OFFIOL

52802

153

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG,

20th July, 1920.

Eas

150

1/22459/21

Sir;

+

With reference to your despatch. No.421 of

ti

loth Decaber, 1926, and my telogram of 24th July, 192,

regarding the military contribution payable by this Colony,

I have the honour to suit for your informacion the

the contribution in respect of any year should be a certain porcentage of the annual valuation made during the previous

roby to 40.1ollowing figures in saport of the roposal that in future

year.

2.

The military contribution paid in respect of

the last three years and the estimated contribution calculat-

ed on the existing basis for the current year are :-

1925

1926

1927

1928 (Estimated)

...

34,170,249.87

3,484,772.55

3,642,041.80

5,662,650.00

the average contribution for 1925, 1926, and 1927 being

$3,835,021.55 and for 1926, 1927, and 1928 $6,665,146.04.

The table of annual valuations marc during

5.

the years 1924 onwards is as follows:-

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LIEUTENANT COLONEL 1.0.K.S. ALRY, M.P.,

Mai 15

&C.,

&c.,

&c.

1924

イ

(18264)

+ P. 22459/26.

+C. 52862/2: [NC. 7): net printed

Gp.6 131/2963. 24. 8/34/m.4's.