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2344. Your private opinion would be in
favour of a sixpenny rate ? — I will go so far
as to say this, that if in three or four years’ time
there has been a large increase of business, yet
not so much increase as I have anticipated from
the reduction of rate, 1 should then feel certain
that our only fault was in not håving made a
sufficient reduction, and should be desirous to re
commend that we should come down to 6d.
2545. Supposing there were a loss for the
first year or two, and that the taxpayers had to
pay that loss, do not you think that the general
public would be better satisfied if that loss re
sulted from your coming down to sixpence at
once? — Possibly they might, but after all that
has taken place before the Committee, I should not
like to see a loss in either the first or the second
or the third year at all. 1 want to see it self
supporting from the first.
1868, 13 July. Frank Ives Scudamore Esq.,
examined by
3283. Mr. Norwood, I want some in
formation upon a point not yet touched upon at
all that I am aware of; namely, how you pro
pose to work the submarine cables; you are go
ing to take powers to lease those cables, after
håving bought them, to other bodies? — Yes.
3284. Are they going to work those cables
as your agents, or are they going to pay you a
fixed sum for the use of them, and receive as
profit any-surplus? — The whole earnings will
be put, as it were, into one box; they will have a
fourth of those earnings for the working and the
maintenance of the cables; then, as regards all
the telegrams with the Continent, we shall have a
certain proportion of the receipts from the messa
ges, which are computed to give us ralher more
than that fourth as our payment for the land
lines, and the balance will be devided equally be
tween us.
2344. Deres private Meniug vilde være i
Favør af en 6 Pence Taxt? — Jeg vil gaa saa
langt som til at sige dette, at hvis der i tre eller
fire Aars Tid har været en stærk Forøgelse i For
retningen, men dog ikke saa stor, som jeg antog
paa Forhaand efter Reduktionen af Taxten, da
vilde jeg være vis p>aa, at vor eneste Feil var ikke
at have foretaget en tilstrækkelig Reduktion, og
skulde ønske at anbefale, at vi skulde gaa ned til
6 Pence.
2545. Forudsat at der var et Tab i det
første Aar eller to, og Skatteyderne havde at be
tale for dette Tab, tror De da ikke, at Publikum
ialmindelighed vilde være mere tilfreds, naar
Tabet resulterede af Deres Nedsættelse til 6
Pence med en Gang? — Muligens vilde det det;
men efter Alt, hvad der er foregaaet foran Komi
teen, skulde jeg aldeles ikke lide at se et Tab,
hverken i detførste eller det andet eller det tredie
Aar. Jeg ønsker at se Sagen bære sig seiv fra
Begyndelsen af.
1868, 13 Juli. Hr. Frank Ives Scudamore,
examineret af
3283. Hr. Norwood. Jeg ønsker nogen
Oplysning angaaende et Punkt, som, saavidt jeg
ved, endnu aldeles ikke er berørt, nemlig hvor
ledes De agter at drive de submarine Kabler;
agter De at faa Fuldmagt til at bortforpagte
disse Kabler til andre Kompagnier efterat have
kjøbt dem.? — Ja.
3284. Skulde de drive disse Kabler som
Deres Agenter, eller skulle de betale Dem en
bestemt Sum for Brugen af dem, og modtage
som Gevinst det Overskud, der maatte blive? —
Hele Indtægten vil blive lagt saa at sige i een
Kasse; "de ville faa en Fjerdedel af disse Ind
tægier for Driften og Vedligeholdelsen af Kabler
ne-, derpaa skulle vi, hvad angaar alle Telegrammer
med Kontinentet, have en vis Del af Indtægten
af Telegrammerne, hvilket er paaregnet snarere at
ville give os mere end hin Fjerdedel som vor Beta
ling for Landlinierne, og Balancen vil blive delt
ligeligt mellem os.
188 [ Bil. XIX.
BILAG.
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