143
102. The receipts were therefore:-
Repayments by refugees (including sale of a few
camp beds)
$ 17,414.81
Refund from Jewish Centre
Refund by Messrs. Kay Lee for gas consumed ...
Refund by Messrs. Tak Hing of over payment
Sale of Stores-Medical Department
American School
Auction
Balance of Welfare Funds
Interest on Current Account
2,200.00
522.90
9.57
1,055.16
50.00
2,160.42
2.12
3.45
$ 23,418.43
The deficit at present amounts to $152,832.80 which at 1/3, the prevailing rate of exchange equals £9,552.0.1.
103. The outstanding accounts for the refugees amount to $133,841.55. so that even if they were all paid in full there would still be a deficit for $18,991.25. These accounts have been calculated on the basis of $3 a day for adults and $2 a day for children under 15 and while every refugee signed a promise to pay in full the cost of their maintenance in Hong Kong, I do not recommend that any attempt be made to recalculate the accounts on any higher basis.
104. The result is somewhat disappointing. I had hoped to approximate more closely to the actual cost or even to show a small "paper" profit but this result is entirely due to the long delay in returning the last of the refugees to Shanghai.
105. Of the outstanding accounts, I estimate that perhaps half may eventually be recovered.
W. J. CARRIE, Chairman,
Shanghai Refugees Committee, 28th February, 1938.