CO129-246 - Acting Governor Fleming - 1890 [8-9] — Page 306

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of the Colonial contribution

of £116,000 for the Defences

of Hongkong.

The contention of

the Secretary of State for

War, which has also been advanced by the local Military Authorities, that

in the War

the discrepancy between Department and Colonial

accounts of the expenditure,

has arisen from

a different rate of exchange having been employed

by each department in converting the dollar expenditure into

sterling, must, I think, be

considered as inconclusive.

in the

light of the following facts :-

A careful inspection of former records which has

been made

by the Acting

Colonial Secretary with the

assistance of the Local

Auditor shows that the

conversion of the dollar into sterling,

or vice versa,

has

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304 of the Colonial contribution of £116,000 for the Defences of Hongkong. The contention of the Secretary of State for War, which has also been advanced by the local Military Authorities, that in the War the discrepancy between Department and Colonial accounts of the expenditure, has arisen from a different rate of exchange having been employed by each department in converting the dollar expenditure into sterling, must, I think, be considered as inconclusive. in the light of the following facts :- A careful inspection of former records which has been made by the Acting Colonial Secretary with the assistance of the Local Auditor shows that the conversion of the dollar into sterling, or vice versa, has
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304 of the Colonial contribution of £116,000 for the Defences of Hongkong. The contention of the Secretary of State for War, which has also been advanced by the looal. Military Authorities, that in the War the discrepancy Department and Colonial accounts of the expenditure, has arisen fr from a different rate of exchange having been employed each by each department in converting the dollar expenditure into sterling, must, I think, be considered as inconclusive. in the light of the following facts :- A careful inspection of former records which has been made by the do Acting -Colonial Secretary with the assistance of the Local Auditor shows that the conversion of the dollar into sterling, or vice versa, has À
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304

of the Colonial contribution

of £116,000 for the Defences

of Hongkong.

The contention of

the Secretary of State for

War, which has also been advanced by the looal. Military Authorities, that

in the War

the discrepancy Department and Colonial

accounts of the expenditure,

has arisen fr

from

a

different rate of exchange having been employed

each

by

each department in converting the dollar expenditure into

sterling, must, I think, be

considered as inconclusive.

in the

light of the following facts :-

A careful inspection of former records which has

been made

by

the do

Acting

-Colonial Secretary with the

assistance of the Local

Auditor shows that the

conversion of the dollar into sterling,

or vice versa,

has

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