CO129-566-21 Military contributions 7-5-1938 - 31-1-1939 — Page 8

1

am

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all in favour of putting

the Governor's proposal for

Contribution

а

fixi

to

the

wo. Treasury

having

in the frist instance,

and,

ppines supplied in

regard to

the

Evel. No.2

t

4,

the

amount

suggested, is $6,000,000, Certainly

Seems generous.

? As proposed

in W. Rogers

biciute of 1617.

Extoward op

I agree, & if the rating valuation is accepted as the primary criterion for reassessment we need not autripate every 5 years. Ifalder

trouble

2.5.7.38

I have always advocated the fixing of the

of a per-

military contribution for a term of years, in

substitution for the present method

centage of annual revenue. Ferusal of the printed

correspondence will give some indication of the

continuous and acrimonious disputes which are

engaged between the Colonial Government and the

War Office over items of a few thousand dollars

disputes which produce a very bad atmosphere for

schemes of co-operation in Im erial Defence. We have

broken away from the percentage basis in Straits

and I hope we can do so in Hong Kong. I fear that

we cannot hope to follow the same line in Ceylon,

for the reason that it would be extremely unwise