B/J. vide min. 23/3.

Repee xl

sestaderochan. 12/4

amint of 23/3.

of M'walker's

9

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miication

to HK has wit

yet

mied

;

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one month.

BR

B/J.

ar

above.

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12/4

12/5

19-5-49

5. D.G.C.A.

Mr Palme

There

ambiguity abort.

certain

para 3(4) of

(25)

the

1948 file

and

HK.

have assumed

пител

to

mea

that

Page

Page

7

an

the authoring of the heq. Co

is not required

claim

and

te

evenu

10

heq.co.

abandonment

age 10

The

पे

سمهسقست که

culled

wording was. directly

from Pars 90f the

Crailer Despatch (4)

aw

Financial Devolution

in Africa

of

which

مي

1948 file.

what

say

copy appears at (20)

meaning is intended?

Blanford

618

вител

when it is

а

available

2415

for please attach 15517/49

Perhaps

You

не

x when it was

purpured to apply a similar procedure To the Feduchow

15517/18/49

Mr. Kirkness

D.G.C.A.

1. I am must apologise for the delay in dealing with this file but it seemed desirable to await the outcome of a similar enquiry from Malaya.

2.

Paragraph 3(b) of No. 25 on the 1948 file is copied from paragraph 9 of our circular despatch of 16th June 1948 regarding financial devolution in the African Colonies. The Federation of Malaya has raised the question of the precise interpretation of that paragraph and in our reply to the Federation, (in the terms of which the Treasury concurred) we and replied

"It was my intention that if my authority for writes-off and abandonment of claims were no longer to be necessary, then, until a Public Accounts Committee is set up, approval of the Legislative Council should

be

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