CO129-532-1 Basis of assessment for military contributions 9-12-1930 - 29-3-1932 — Page 63

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arqmfuthetic and

in an equally accommodating

tand

spirit and without toe strict

a regard to the letter of

Card

conclusions arrived at a

In this connection

generation ago,

He wouly OPO-

he desires to

of 12d A. C.

See Eastern 124, 14.49-50.

crer draw the attention to the

view

elinien expressed by Lord

Haliburton, who acted as Chairman

of the Interdepartmental

Committee of 1895. In a memo-

randum dated the 8th of June,

1899, he included the following

expression of opinion: "If we

wish to preserve the contribu-

tions, we should now, having

established our right after great

controversy, exercise it with

very great moderation, and should

meet the Colonies with every

concession that is consistent with

the preservation of the contri-

butions"

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