No. 754.
Sir,
1938
53652.
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
189
HONG KONG.
8th October, 1938.
4 on
53652/36
I have the honour to invite your attention
to the sixth paragraph of Sir A. Caldecott's despatch
No. 598 of 16th October, 1936, regarding a proposed
Enclosure No. 1. revision of budget procedure and to forward for your
Enclosure No.2
information six copies of the revised procedure which
is being adopted for the first time in connection with
the introduction into Legislative Council on 13th
October, 1938, of the draft Estimates of Revenue and
Expenditure for 1939.
2.
I also enclose six copies of each of the
following documents :-
I. Draft Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure,
II.
III.
IV.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
for 1939.
Expenditure
Draft Abstract showing the differences
between the approved Estimates of Expenditure
for 1938 and the draft Estimates of
Expenditure for 1939.
A memorandum by the Financial Secretary on
the Financial Position of the Colony for the
years 1937, 1938 and 1939, and on the draft
Estimates of Expenditure for 1939.
A memorandum by the Director of Public Works
on Public Works Extraordinary.
MALCOLM MACDONALD, M.P.,
&c., &c., &c.