CO129-516-3 Military contribution of Colony assessmenet of contribution 13-3-1929 - 28-3-1930 — Page 3

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Nave spoken several times to Mr. Fraser of

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the Treasury from whom I understand that a

letter to us is under consideration.

seem however to be very slow in sending it and I think it may be desirable to write to the Treasury and say that it is understood that

the War Office had been in correspondence

with them on this subject and are now awaiting a reply from them, and ask that a reply may be

made as early as possible.

And send copy draft to the War Office.

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Inquires whether conf" desired.

The Treasury and the War Office are opposed,

for a variety of reasons, to the proposed new

basis of assessment. Their principal reason is of course that they think the contribution

on the new basis would probably be less than

on the old. Apart from this, their primeipal

reasons are that the proposed new basis would

be no more immune from points of dispute than

the