No. 300
My Lord,
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RECEIVED
-1 AUG 140
C. REGY
U
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONG KONG.
22nd June, 1940.
Avrd-10-
I have the honour to request, in accordance
with Colonial Regulation No. 345, Your Lordship's authority
to write-off the sum of $760.80 which is the total stock-
book value of 202 large (0.2 tael) tubes of opium valued
at $484.80 and 1,150 small (0.02 tael) tubes of opium valued
at $276.00 which were misappropriated in the following
circumstances.
2.
At 1 p.m. on 8th May, 1940, an Assistant Auditor
carried out a surprise survey of cash and stock at No. 10
Government Opium Shop at 62, Main Street, Shaukiwan, on
the Island of Hong Kong. He examined the books, the cash
in hand and the stock. The total book stock at the time of
the survey was 202 large tubes of opium at $2.40 per tube
($484.80) and 1,150 small tubes at $0.24 per tube ($276.00),
a total value of $760.80, against which the manager, MAK
MAN, was able to produce only $383.35 in cash and four large
tubes valued at $9.60, a total value of $392.95, thus
revealing a shortage of $367.85. As soon as the shortage
was reported to the Auditor it was notified to Mr. H. A.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LORD LLOYD OF DOLOBRAN,
&c.,
&C., &C.
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