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Downing Street,
May, 1912.
DRAFT.
GKONG
137.
THE OFFICER ADMINISTERING
THE GOVERNMENT OF
HONGKONG. MINUTE.
Mr. Smith 29/4/12
Mr. Harris 7 May Mr. Collies' Sir G. Fiddes.
Sir H. Just.
Sir J. Anderson.
Lord Emmott.
Mr. Harcourt.
Reflemm.
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Sir,
I have the honour to acknowledge
the receipt of Sir F.Lugard's despatch No.50 of the 9th of February last inquiring as to
the correct procedure to be adopted under
Colonial
lay down the essa
the amended Regulation 304 which expendi-
ture charged against savings accruing under
subheads of the same head of the
Estimates shall be subject to the authority
of the Secretary of State and also of the
Legislature.
2. As all items of this
description
should be included in the Quarterly Returns
of unusual payments, which are required by
andy
Colonial Regulation No.396 (viii) are
intruder
speated to furnish a complete record of
all variations from the expenditure of the
year