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(1)
Lalayan Union anü Singapore
Arrangements for Financial Control
For the period ending 31st December, 1946.
(u) Estimates
As these estimates, which had been drawn up by the
etulf of the British Military Administration on the besia
of existing authorities, had had to be submitted to the
Colonial office without explanatory notes, their
detsiled examination within the Colonial Office was not
possible, although some general proposuls were made as to
methods of increasing revenue, In these circumstances,
it was considered that it would not be appropriate for the
Secretary of State to give his formal approvel to the
estimates and that all that should he done would be for the
Secretary of Stato te sanction such recurrent
expenditure
and non-regurront szpenditure us had been included in the
estimates on the understanding that such expenditure had
been included in accordance with the authori šios sironáj
given or in accordance with normal colonial pietice.
Any item of non-recurrent expenditure not so covered
should be submitted to the secretary of State for
approval, in the experditure involved is greeter than
$135,000. It is not, however, intended that work on any
such item should be held up pending the Lecretury of pt „e'b
spproval.
(b) Additional expenditure
The Governore should have authority to incur without
prior ruference to the Gscretory of stute additionel
non-recurrent expenditure up to an amount of $135,000 on
any one project. In an emergency, a Governor might need
to sanction non-recurrent expenditure in excess of this
emount, but in that event he would justity his action
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