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a charge to Hong Kong funds.
(2) Payments in respect of October, November, December, and
January, on which the Australian authorities are now evidently
looking to the High Commissioner at Canberra for payment.
suggest that the High Commissioner might be authorised to proceed
We
as in the last two sentences of paragraph 3 of his telegram,
provami
to Hing King fido
shold
A contribution/be made thereto from the Vote of Credit at the rate of
as alone (sulgut to nament £1,300 p.m. in respect of maintenance allowances only After the end
of January, however, we suggest that Hong Kong funds should be liable
only for the cost of remittances on behalf of Government officials,
officials whire forms are still a position to contime and that, as the dependants of non-officials would, on cessation of \ any other
Lund
of any
non-
Li
remittances from Hong Kong, as far as it was necessary for them to
Hautmals;
receive assistance from public funds) fall into the category of maintenance
allowances, the Colonial Office Vote of Credit should bear any costs
incurred on this head.
I am sending a copy of this letter to Abbott.
I that he should
Le
The
amount
6. Ascus should
66
5
Yours sincerely,
(Sgc) W.B.L. Monson
telegraph
anvolved,
Then
pay
from
cordance
Australia Hanse
in
Hong Kong funds, when apparently
with the procedure
para
3
referred to
No
of D.O. telegram to #t
Do
of 16 for 1942.
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