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ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG.

— 1901.

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No. 1 of 1901.

To settle the Defence Contribution of the Colony.

[8th February, 1901.]

1. The Defence Contribution Ordinance, 1901.

Short title.

Colonial revenues.

2. The Colonial revenues, for the purposes of this Ordinance, shall

Definition of include the gross receipts, from all sources of revenue, but shall not

include the proceeds of land sales and premia on leases or statutory

land grants.

3. A sum equivalent to 20 per cent. of the Colonial revenues shall

Annual appropriation be appropriated yearly to the Imperial Government as a contribution

for defence of for the defence of the Colony.

the Colony.

Provided that the charges for working expenses and maintenance

of certain Net receipts of the British Section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway and of any

railways, telephones or other productive undertakings of a similar

only to be nature shall be deducted before arriving at the net receipts.

As amended by No. 22 of 1912.

taken.

As amended by No. 1 of 1912. The effect of this section is how-

ever somewhat modified by the provisoes to section 3 and subsequent

enactments such as No. 15 of 1908 s. 5 and No. 41 of 1912 s. 9 (8).

§ As amended by No. 1 of 1912.

As amended by No. 45 of 1911.