NO 39.
and
Sir,
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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG. 13th March, 1929.
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I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt
of your despatch No.5 dated 7th January, 1929, with reference
to the Annual Abstract Account for Hong Kong for the year
1927.
2.
As will be seen with the exception of one
item all these excess payments were under $20 and in
accordance with Colonial Secretary's Office Circular No.65
dated 6th December, 1910, of which copy is attached, the
practice has been in force since 1910 of passing without a
vote excesses of less than $20 over an estimate.
This was
incorporated in the General Orders of the Colony No.225 (3),
which does not appear to have received your particular
sanction, but met with the concurrence of the Local Auditor,
and the practice seems to have passed without question since
that date.
3.
Special Warrants were obtained for all these
small excesses with the exception of the item Telegrams $5.43
and this omission has since been covered by Special Warrant.
4.
The position as regards Head 33 Mobile
Wireless Station (Lorry) $756.78 was that the actual cost
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S. AMERY, M.P.,
&c.,
&c.,
&c.
of