I agree that it may be clearer
if "net receipts" is elaborated. What was
intended was the total cash receipts from
the Chinese section and the net receipts
from other Government Departments,(that is,
the amount charged less the cost of stores
and wages) on the assumption that the
Railway levies a charge in addition to
direct cost for work done for other
Government Departments, but charges the
direct cost only for any work done for the
Railway Department itself.
The assessment of military
contributions on a fixed basis having been
agreed, that difficulty now disappears.
1.
I now suggest the following reply:
It was the intention of the
circular despatch of the 25th of November,
1937, that Workshop and Manufacturing
Suspense Accounts should in future be
operated under a procedure similar to that
set out in paragraph 8, and in the absence
of further explanation as to any special
circumstances affecting the Railway Workshop
Accounts, which would make the retention of a
suspense account desirable, the Secretary of
State would prefer that the procedure
prescribed for Unallocated Stores should be
adopted.
2, Under