CO129-539-8 Military contributions- basis of assessment 25-4-1932 - 27-2-1934 — Page 77

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I am directed to acknowledge

the receipt of your letter of

[In file]

the 25th of April, 16/Abroad/276 (F.1)

THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE

WAR OFFICE.

Hong Kong Sessional Paper, No. 4 of 1929

(2 copies lawrth)

From 0.A.G.Hong. tel.No. 159.Conf. 30th July.

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on the subject of the assessment of

revenue for military contribution in

Hong Kong, and to express appreciation

of the concessions which the Army

Council has indicated its readiness

to make in paragraphs 2,3,4,5, and 6.

2.

As regards paragraph 7, it is

regretted that the Army Council

are unable to agree that the

waterworks in the New Territories

should be regarded as a new productive

undertaking.

It is felt that the

Shing Mun waterworks in the New

Territories are of such magnitude,

both