Saving.
From the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
Officer Administering the Government of..
To
Date...
10
April 1951-
No...
3:6
Saving.
54126/8/51
460
Your Ref: 1951/45
HONG KONG
Your savingram No. 1328 of the 14th December 1950.
B.M. A. Advances. Hong Kong Whampoa Dock Company.
The War Office has set out the position as they see
it, regarding the payment of the agreed settlement figure of $2 million as follows:-
Agreed settlement
Recovered locally and placed on deposit and (presumably) included in amounts paid to War Office from Deposit
Paid by Crown Agents, April 1950 (part of $986,829.16)
2,000,000.00
525.00 1,999,475.00
921,194.02
1,078,280.98
Paid by Crown Agents
December 1950
1,075,993.28
Balance outstanding
2,287.70
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