the H.K. Gust had to meet the follming expenditure in connexim with the 600 railway Wagons:-
To the S. China Irm Works
K
LA
Lin Han Kon Iron Works
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$705,660. $730,679.
$246,900.
$1,683,239.
Railway Workshops
I£105,000
$1,680,000]
Besides the above, the H.K. Gart had to meet
other large costs, which cannot be estimated now
and which, therefore, the Garr makes
to claim
I think that you may
no
attempt
be confident that the
H.K. Gurt went into this questim very carefully, that
readily they
have produced all the details that they seen and that they have only claimed for expenditure whose existence was proved beyond reasmable daibt,
the evidence of its existence was
even
it
largely circumstantial.
I suggest that one cannot expect from a Eolony
that has been ravished by the Japanese the set are normal meticulous production of rouchers
will consider the abuse
*
accounts.
I hope that
You
favorably
as possible
that
feel able to settle the
you may
Men entstanding part of the claim, without further
Enquiries & being made.
If you are
not able to do
this, I will approach the H.K. Gost again, but
I do not anticipate that such enquires will have much result.
Yours sincerely.
(H.P. Hall.)