B.
C.
subsequent to the B. A. period which formed part of the stores to which reference is made in para. 2 of this savingraa
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.9
(111)
Cost of relief stores from Australia and India in both periods
.6
•
(For details, see enclosed statement)
4.2
Cost of relief stores purchased with assistance of H.M.G. free grant of £3,250,000 referred to in para, 3(b) of my telegram No. 456 of 16th April, 1948 It is assumed that some estimate can be given of the amount involved.
Total
Receipts from sales so far paid over to H..G.
(a) credited to B... a/cs:-
See para. 8 of the printed
Report on B‚3⁄4‚‚ account s
enclosed in your dematah No.270
of 20th Nov., 1947-$25,310,081.
£4.2 + x
millions
Part of this cam presirably
related to local purchases;
HO (say)
24.5
eredited to Colonial office (£1,497.690 see my savingram No. "ecounts" of 19th April, 1949).
£1.5
£3.0 millions
It is appreciated that some supplies may have been
given away without charge and some may have been sold at
less than cost price, some were retained for Government
Use : and there were inevitable losses and unsuitable
supplies; but I should be grateful if you can give any
estimates of the amount at B above and any general
indication of the amounts which go to make up the difference
between the total of A + B and Ɑ above.
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