CO129-575-10 Military contribution 3-1-1939 - 13-12-1939 — Page 16

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2.

Subject to

the Army Council's 2) their Lordships'

concurrence, the Secretary of State proposes

to inform the Governor that the power of

disallowance will not be exercised in

respect of the Ordinance.

3. I am to take this opportunity to

enclose a copy of a despatch from the

Governor of Hong Kong dated the 24th December,

1938, forwarding a copy of a

tatement made

Statem

I the Colony

1/at

to the Hong Kong Legislative Council/at a

meeting held on the 22nd December, 1938,

adoption of a system

Ine

regarding the method of assessment of the

Fixed concicntion in reopens. I

Hong Kong Military Contribution for an experimentsł

hemod of five years

4.

t

A similar letter is being

addressed to (1) the Treasury

(2) the War Office.

I am, etc.

(Signed) G. E. J. GENT.