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DRAFT. SAVINGRAM
GOVERNOR,
HONG KONG.
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Your saving telegram No. 163 (1100/45).
In the absence of a reply to telegram
No. 674 and in view of the fact that Woodward
represented that it was essential for the
preliminary investigation work to be done in
to the "messung, of chis scheme in the form of an application for greent from Ocenial Levelefimen funds wonde
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the dry season.commencing in September it was
considerable delay, thought that an urgent decision was necessary.
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FURTHER ACTION.
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copy of Woodward's note in this connection
is attached for your information.
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I regret that it is not now practicable
which has been panituned as
a charge in Wong leang yoursfund to meet this expenditure from a C.D. and W.
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grant. You may like to regard it as special
rehabilitation expenditure, however, to be
met from a loan when one is raised as proposed
in your telegram No. 421.
If you wish to apply for a grant of an
additional £2,700 under the Colonial Development
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