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7. In the Autumn, Messrs. Imperial Airways started a series of experimental flights with a view to connecting Hong Kong to the England-Australia route at Penang—the intermediate place on the branch route being Saigon, Tourane or Hue and Fort Bayard (emergency). No definite date for the commencement of the service had been fixed before the end of the year.
8. The Revenue and Expenditure of the Department are shown in Tables XXXIX to XLI.
The expenditure figures do not include any salary for the Director of Air Services, who as Harbour Master, performs the duties without further remuneration. The cost of Public Works is also not included, in accordance with the general practice in departmental reports.
16th March, 1936.
G. F. HOLE,
Director of Air Services.