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raising of a loan to finance "special
expenditure" I have suggested that the
Governor should consider whether a certain
proportion of the amount provided under
this head should not be charged to revenue.
The question arises as to whether the
S. of S. should approve the estimates.
I
think that we shall have to inform the
Governor that it is not possible in existing
circumstances to carry out a detailed
examination of the estimateses, by the time
this were done in the
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three-quarters over. However, for the
purpose of complying with the Colonial
Regulations there would be advantages in
formally
approving the estimates and we propose that
the S. of S. shall do this on the assumption
that:
(a)
all personal emolument items are on
pre-war scales plus such amendments
as have been separately approved by
the S. of S;
(b) all items of "other charges" are
generally of a normal pre-occupation
character with such inevitable
(c)
additions as are necessitated owing
to the present circumstances in Hong Kong;
all other major items of expenditure have
already been approved by the S. of S.
separately or will now be submitted to
him by the Governor for approval.
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In
our telegram No.600 we asked that we
should be kept informed of any major new
commitments in order that Treasury might
be consulted before any substantial