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No. 1.] THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1901,

ORDINANCE No. 1 OF 1901.

A.D. 1901. AN ORDINANCE to repeal and re-enact with Amendments the

Defence Contribution Ordinance, 1896.

'Ordinance

No. 1 of 1901.

Short title.

Definition of

Colonial Revenues

Fearly appro-

[8th February, 1901.]

BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and

consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Defence Contribution Ordi- nance, 1901.

2. The Colonial Revenues, for the purposes of this Ordinance, shall include the gross receipts by the Colony from all sources of revenue, but shall not include the proceeds of land sales and premia on leases or statutory land grants.

3. From the 1st day of January, 1901, a sum equivalent to twenty percentage of -per centum of the Colonial Revenues shall be appropriated yearly to Colonial the Imperial Government as a contribution for the defence of the Colony. Such sum shall be in lieu of that mentioned in the Defence Contribution Ordinance, 1896.

Revenues for-

defence of the Colony.

Not printed in this edition.

Mode of calculating percentage.

Consideration

for payment

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4. In the first instance, the said percentage shall be calculated on the estimated revenue of the year and shall be paid at that rate, subject, however, to revision and adjustment in the manner following; that is to say,-

(1.) after the close of any year for which payment has been made according to this Ordinance, when the actual revenue has been ascertained, if there proves to have been an excess of receipts over the estimate, a further payment of twenty per centum of such excess receipts shall be made; and

(2.) if there proves to have been a deficiency of receipts compared with the estimate, a deduction equivalent to twenty per centum of such deficiency shall be made from the next payment or payments due for the defence contribution.

5. The said percentage shall be deemed to be a fixed contribution of percentage 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