CO129-566-21 Military contributions 7-5-1938 - 31-1-1939 — Page 24

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A BILL

Intituled

An Ordinance to make provision for the Colony's

yearly contributions to His Majesty's Government for

defence.

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the

advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as

follows:-

Short title.

Annual defence contribution of $6,000,000 for five years.

(c.f.Ordinance

No. 1 of 1908

S.6)

Consideration for such annual payment. (cf. Ordinance No. 1 of 1901 s. 5).

Contributions not

to exceed cost of

This Ordinance may be cited as the Defence

Contribution Ordinance, 1939.

2.-(1) Subject to the provisions of sections 4 and

5, the sum of $6,000,000 shall be paid yearly to His

Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom in respect

of each of the years 1939 to 1943 inclusive as the

Colony's contribution to the expenditure of the said

Government on the defence of the Colony.

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(2) The said contribution shall be paid in equal

monthly instalments, on or about the last day of every

month in each year, into the United Kingdom Treasury

Chest in the Colony on account of His Majesty's Government

in the United Kingdom.

3. The annual payments shall be deemed to be a

fixed contribution payable by the Colony in full return

for the annual cost of the Imperial garrison, including

all capital expenditure required for military lands and

buildings, and the cost of maintenance of all military

works and buildings, and the cost of lodgings in lieu of

barracks and all other charges whatsoever.

v.sk.

4. The sum payable in respect of each year shall not

Imperial garrison exceed the cost of the said garrison for that year.

for relative year.

(cf. Ordinance No.

1 of 1901, s. 5 Proviso).

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