CO129-582-7 Taxation 6-6-1939 - 5-2-1940 — Page 149

RR.

*

(45950-150)

Wt. 46262—29 30,000

3/39 T.S. 695

C. O.

Mr. Galsworthy, 1/8 Mr. Andrews

1478

Mr. Gent

Mr. A. J. Dawe.

Sir H. Moore.

Sir G. Tomlinson.

Sir J. Shuckburgh.

Permt. U.S. of S.

Parly. U.S. of S.

Secretary of State.

14/5

LION KONG

54002/39

815

150

arod 10

18h

semi-official for Mr.Gent's

signature.

2 DRAFTS

Downing Street,

9 August, 1939.

Dear Bradford

In an official letter

W. V. BRADFORD, ESQ.,

(BOARD OF INLAND REVENUE )

FURTHER ACTION.

of to-day's date we have sent you

a copy of a report prepared by

a Committee which was appointed in

Hong Kong to consider the question

of future taxation in the Colony,

and we have asked whether you could

recommend a suitable man to conduct

an expert investigation into the

feasibility of such a tax in the

peculiar circumstances of Hong Kong.

The