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Claims in connection with Railway materials
requisitioned in Hong Kong in 1941
Settlement recommended by War Office.
War Supplies Board Claim
-
Interim settlement
Appendix A to Sir Mark Young's despatch No. 80 of 10th April 1947.
£12,500
t
Kowloon-Canton Railway (British Section)
Appendix E to Sir Mark Young's despatch No. 80 of 10th April, 1947.
Item 1
4 locos
5 wagons
£9,432 ✓
Item 2
Preparing 149 wagons for shipment
£13.410
Item 3
W
Preparing material
for 600 wagons for shipment
Addl. Item 4
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3 tank locos
Addl. Item 5
-
(a)
(b)
Converting and
preparing 5 locos for shipment
£28,650
(Interim settlement)
- £3,342
See note below
-
£1,500
£56,334
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Item 4 relates to 3 tank locos shipped to India in 1941 for conversion. These locos appear to be similar to the Kitson locos which were agreed at £1,514 each, including conversion and spares; allowing £400 each for conversion and spares the value of the locos would be £1,114 each.
Item 5 is in respect of work understood to have been carried out in the British Section Railway Workshops when
4 North British and 1 Baldwin locos, the property of the Chinese Government, were converted to Middle East standards and subsequently prepared for shipment. A figure of £300 each locomotive is considered an appropriate amount for this work.