CO129-547-4 Military contributions 23-2-1934 - 28-11-1934 — Page 3

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Mal

1906 Loan to Chinese Ordinances

£401,800

1/1893

'Provincial Govern-

ment for Railway

construction 11/1905

1,143,933

Total

1,545,733

£60,000 of the 1887 Loan was

repaid (? under Ordinance

1/1893)

leaving a balance of Sterling

Loan outstanding of

60,000

£1,485, 733

The Ordinances under which the above loans were

raised appear to have been superseded by the

General Loan and Inscribed Stock Ordinance

(No.7 of 1913).

The revenue raised for the service of

these loans was assessable for the purposes of

calculating military contribution.

The amount required (in 1933) for the

service of the 1906 Loan of £1,143,933, which was

raised for the purpose of financing the Kowloon

Railway was

Interest $775,911

Sinking Fund

$221,069

$996,980

Under an agreement reached in 1911 the net

receipts only of the Railway are assessable for

the purpose of calculating Military Contribution

In calculating the amount of the net receipts the

cost of the service of the 1906 loan is taken

into account on the expenditure side.

The

result

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