71
Claims in connection with Railway materials
requisitioned in Hong Kong in 1941
Settlement recommended by War office
Appendix A to Sir Mark Young's despatch No. 80 of 10th April 1947.
War Supplies Board Claim
Interim settlement
Kowloon Centon Railway (British Section)
£12,500
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
Preparing material
for 600 wagons for shipment
£28,650
Addl. Item 4
3 tank locos
£3,342
See note below
Addl. Item 5
Converting and
preparing 5 locos
for shipment
£1,500
#
£56,334
(a)
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.
(b) 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 coverted to Middle East standards and subsequently prepared for shipment. A figure of £300 each locomotive would be an appropriate amount for this work.