SAVINGRAM
Sec.16/89/51
To the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
From the Governor, Hong Kong.
Date.
21
September, 1951
No.
1064
35
27
1951/52 Estimates.
Public Works Recurrent - Miscellaneous: Typhoon and Rainstorm Damage.
$100,000 was provided in the estimates this year for repairs necessitated by typhoon and rainstorm damage. Two supplementary provisions totalling $397,000 to Head 29 Subhead 47 have already been approved covering repairs occasioned by damage last year and in a severe rainstorm early this year. Recent rains have caused further damage necessitating additional
supplementary provision of $200,000 bringing the total supplementary provisions authorised this year to $597,000.
2.
Your covering approval for these provisions is sought in accordance with your despatch 302 of 25th September, 1948.
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