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I annex the similar Straits Ordinance, Cap. 169.

It will be seen that the arrangements for review of the

rate of contribution are explained in the preamble.

This has, I presume, no statutory effect, but serves to

put the arrangement on record.

Might we not send H.K. the Straits Ordinance and suggest

that cl. 5 of the H.K. draft should be relegated to the

preamble, or alternatively, if this satisfies the Legislative

Council, should merely be embodied in a preliminary statement

on the introduction of the Bill.

I do not see any reason for treating the proviso

to sec. 5 any differently. There is no undertaking that the

contribution will not be allowed to fall below £350,000.

As to cl. 4, should not this begin, on the analogy of

sec. 4 of the Straits Ordinance, "Notwithstanding anything

contained in sec. 2" ?

I don't quite like hinting that the draft should be

examined by the Legal Advisers in the Colony. Presumably

no Bill is presented to the Council without such

examination.

A. Q. Lowell

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