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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY
ESTATE DUTIES
HOW COLONY'S REVENUE
HAS UENEFITED.
from
BIAS BAY GANG
HOST OF QUESTIONS
IN. COMMONS
London, Feb. 7.
FEBRUARY
PEPPER CRISIS
MANY FAILURES PREDICTED
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London, Feb. T. In the House of Commons to the pepper crisis appear to have Negotiations for the alleviation of sources of revenue for any country is ostate duty, and the day, Mr. Agnow suggested that lifted lightly the anticlies regarding case of Hongkong is no exception. the British Minister to China be settlement day. Statistics obtained
the instructed-to confer with the
Nevertheless, many failures Estato Duty Office of the Chinese Government as regardaj Treasury show that the Colony's steps which can be taken, with the prodicted to-morrow. Stocks of pep
in 1994. rosa from
TO-DAY ONLY: ́S SHOWS DAILY:att ravenue from this source has assistance of British naval forces, per in London
2,870 tons to 10,000. Further J fluctuated
considerably within to clear out the pirate settlements rivals this week will bring the total 12.20, 2.30, 5.30, 1,20 & 9.30. (12.20 Prices: 20, 40 & 70cks. ) recent years, and "windfalls" in Bins Bay and elsewhere. to over 20,000 tone yet the price, has'i
risen from about 83⁄41⁄2d per. Ib.. tọ la.
have accrued through the death during the past three years of no fewer than six persons who left local estato valued at over a milion dollars.
Sen, Md.
ATO
The Lord Privy Anthony Eden, replied that Sir John Simon had stated yos- Payments due to-morrow total terday, close, practical co-opera- about £2,000,000. Bankers have de- In 1981 there were altogether tion exists between the British finitely refused concerted action to
and Chinose, navies,
assist the pepper pool but are ready 481 ostatos dealt with locally, and
to help individual" brokers' who have they were of an assessed value of He was not aware that any use-been caught in the gamblers' net.
Financial writers unanimously $12,071,800. On those a total ful purpose would be served by estate duty of 8088,048.86 was col- the proposed further action. No agree that it is no part of a banker's lected. In that year none of the measure calculated to Improve business to risk depositors' money in
helping gamblers. estates reached the million dollar the situation would be nogiccted.
The reaction of other commodities mark...
Replying to a furtrer sugges-is not expected to be serious.. Some In 1932, however, three million- tion that such a piracy could not rubber firms have commliments in afros' estates were dealt with.
solely popper, but it is expected that the be adequately dealt with The value of all estates assessed by naval action, Mr. Eden said: strong rubber combine will assist tho
wreaker vessels. amounted to $17.000,800,
"I have reason to think there have number of Individual estate been singularly successful results The popper crisis has drawn atten- being 795. The duty collected by action taken at sea."
tion to other forms of gambling, showed a big jump over the
He added the British Consul-particularly the so-called "stars" who previous year, amounting to no General in Shanghai would con- apply for large blocks of new abare less than $1,227,047.02.
duct a full inquiry into the cir market issues and promptly
draw when hopes of shares going to three millionaires whose property cumstances of the Tungchowa promtum on allotment is not real- was dealt with were Messrs. piracy, in full co-operation with Led, leaving the underwriters Fung Ping-shan, Tang Chi-ngong, the naval authorities and the carry the baby-Our Own Corres- and Woo Hay-tong.
municipal police.
Big Total in 1933
the
Mr. Agnow asked: Will the Gov- erament request that the pirates
pondent.
with-
to
'Those Agures were easily be traced to their lair ashore and ANOTHER YEAR BOOK eclipsed in 1938, when the death punished? of the Earl of Inchcape, head of
The Lord Privy Soal: There is the Peninsula and Oriental Steam close and successful co-operation Navigation Company, with huge between the British and Chinese holdings in the Colony, meant a authorities..
real "windfall" to Hongkong's Mr. Marsden asked: "Will the exchequer. Lord Inchcape la Lord Privy Seal request the Lea- stated to have left property here gue of Nations to appeal to tho! assessed at some 88,000,000, the pirates' better feelings 7" (Laught- duty on which amounted to overor). $1,800,000. Thus while the year saw only 741 estates dealt with locally, they returned an assessed
There was no answar-Reuter.
value of $25,884,800, on which The number of estates dealt with
KWANGTUNG GOVERNMENT AS PUBLISHERS
Canton. Feb. 7. In order to make the public thoroughly conversant with the political, military, economic, edu- cational, and social conditions in the province, the Planning Com- mission of the Kwangtung Provin- cial Government is going to com-
the duty was probably a record during 1984 totalled 679, of an plle a Kwangtung Year Book, for Hongkong, no less than assessed value of $13,685,400 and' A special department is being
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$2,491,032.67. Besides Lord Inch the duty thereon was the com- organized to take up the tank of To-day To-morrow at 12.30°2.30, 5,20; 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.
amount of compilation. Besides, the mem- capa's property, there was one paratively small other catato valued at over a $1,077,716.61. There was only one bers of the Planning Commission, million dollars, that of the late Mr. Chau Yue-teng.
The past year saw a consider able drop in estate duty revenue.
TO-DAY ONLY
AT
2.30, 5.10, 7.15
& 9.30 P.M.
catate last year valued at over the million dollar mark, this being the property held locally by the lato Mrs. Hannah Aaron Judah,
various government organs havo been requested to send one official each to co-operate In the work- Central Press.
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Mr. Li Chor-chi was again heard with much pleasure in a number of songs. The well-known "Elegie" by Massenet was one of his offerings on this occasion.
Mrs. Schroeder and Mrs. Riach, violinist and pianist respectively, were associated in a delightful: rendering, of Franz Schubert's Sonatino Op. 107, No. 2.
the Mrs. Schroeder, with
Prof.
:: | Guald) at the piano, accompanied
Mr. Li Chor-chỉ in two of his finali?
Mrs. Murray Lewis, a newcomer vocal contributions, to local, musical circles. was
Mr. Howard Fairtlough, who warmly welcomed on her ap-was to have contributed monolo- She gave Chopin's gues was prevented by Indis "Preludo" as an opening plano position from attending. The gap forte Item, following this with resulting in the programme was Cyril, Scott's "Danse Negre," and jably Alled by Captain Jose, whose songs, pleasingly rendered, evoked later played two other selections warm applause, from the works of Chopin and
The next concert will take Llazt. Recalled, this lady gave an
place on Thursday, February 21, encore before closing bor contri- when a dramatic entertainment butions, and was heartily applaud-arranged by Mme. Diane de
Precourt"will be given.
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