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for the procedure in Hong Kong being
in accordance with that set out in
Colonial Regulation No. 281. In
this connection, I would invite
reference to the correspondence
noted in the margin, from which it
will be seen that your predecessor
stated that Financial Minutes would
be submitted in all cases of an
excess on a subhead of expenditure.
3.
The General Order No. 225 (3)
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should be interpreted to mean as
it appears from the Colonial Secretary's
Circular No. 65 of the 6th of December,
1910, on which it was based, to
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have been intended to mean
that in all cases where the
anticipated excess is over $20 the
authority of the Legislature must
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(54068/24)
Gov. No. 331 26th Aug.1925 (44433/25)
precede the issue of the Special
Warrant by the Governor.
Provided
that the General Order is so interpreted,
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