Flour
Rice
May, 1946
"
Peas
!!
11
Coal
#1
11
Firewood
#1
68
4.
Industry and Japanese Trade December 1946
Fuel Oil
11
UNRRA Clothing Distribution February 1947 Accounting Section March 1947
Charcoal
1/
Of these the following accounts are no longer active
and are being cleared:-
Catering
5.
Peas
Fuel Oil
UNRRA Clothing Distribution.
It is proposed that the remaining accounts shall be
regrouped under the following headings with maxima as indicated:-
6.
Rice
Dry Goods
Fuel
Cotton Yarn
Japanese Trade
$50,000,000
$15,000,000
$10,000,000
$15,000,000
$10,000,000
It is and has always been the intention of Government to divest itself of its trading activities at the earliest possible moment, but this is unfortunately impracticable in
respect of goods under world allocation or where trade with any
particular country must be on a Government to Governmenbasis.
7.
The establishment of the se Suspense Accounts in theory involves the use of Government's surplus balances, and
therefore requires approval by the Secretary of State.
But in
actual fact the result has been that over the whole field there
he s been a substantial credit, and Government, by having the use
of the surplus funds, has been able to postpone raising the balance