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2. A. Dept.. Form Xa. Ib

(COPY)

REC

C.O.

9446

The Local Auditor, Hong Kong, to the Comptroller and Auditor General.

EO 10/9/96.

Red 2 MAY 96

375

Sir,

Audit Office,

Hong Kong,

23rd March, 1896.

With reference to your letter No 4/36, of 10th February last, on the subject of a payment of $437 to the Captain Superintendent of Police out of the "Sikh Passage or Chundah Fund" for the establishment of an "Indian Mess Fund", I have the honour to report as follows:-

2. The Chundah Fund appears to have been first instituted in 1867, and consists of a deduction of $1 a month from the pay of every Indian Constable, until each man has paid $31, or until he leaves the Force, or until he has served five years.

3. The Fund appears to have been started Departmentally, as there is nothing on record in the Colonial Secretary's Office as to the opening of the Fund.

4. The Fund is designed to pay the passage of men back to India so as to prevent their having a claim on the Government for the cost of a return passage.

5. There can be little doubt but that the Fund is the property of the men who have subscribed to it, and is in no sense Government money, although it is paid into the Treasury for safe keeping.

6. The surplus is probably due to the loose way the accounts were kept prior to 1875, in which year a regular ledger was opened and a proper account kept of incomings

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2. A. Dept.. Form Xa. Ib (COPY) REC C.O. 9446 The Local Auditor, Hong Kong, to the Comptroller and Auditor General. EO 10/9/96. Red 2 MAY 96 375 Sir, Audit Office, Hong Kong, 23rd March, 1896. With reference to your letter No 4/36, of 10th February last, on the subject of a payment of $437 to the Captain Superintendent of Police out of the "Sikh Passage or Chundah Fund" for the establishment of an "Indian Mess Fund", I have the honour to report as follows:- 2. The Chundah Fund appears to have been first instituted in 1867, and consists of a deduction of $1 a month from the pay of every Indian Constable, until each man has paid $31, or until he leaves the Force, or until he has served five years. 3. The Fund appears to have been started Departmentally, as there is nothing on record in the Colonial Secretary's Office as to the opening of the Fund. 4. The Fund is designed to pay the passage of men back to India so as to prevent their having a claim on the Government for the cost of a return passage. 5. There can be little doubt but that the Fund is the property of the men who have subscribed to it, and is in no sense Government money, although it is paid into the Treasury for safe keeping. 6. The surplus is probably due to the loose way the accounts were kept prior to 1875, in which year a regular ledger was opened and a proper account kept of incomings
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2. A. Dept.. Form Xa. Ib (COPY) REC C.O. 9446 The Local Auditor, Hong Kong, to the Comptroller and Auditor Heneral." Eo 10/9/96. Red 2 MAY 36 375 Sir, Audit Office, Hong Kong, 23rd March, 1896. With reference to your letter No 4/36, of 10th February last, on the subject of a payment of $437 to the Captain Superintendent of Police out of the "Sikh Passage or Chundah Fund" for the establishment of an "Indian ess " Fund", I have the honour to report as follows:- 2. The Chundah Fund appears to have been first instituted in 1867, and consists of a deduction of $1 a month from the pay of every Indian Constable, until each man has paid $31, or until he leaves the Force, or until he has served five years. 3. The Fund appears to have been started Departmentally, as there is nothing on record in the Colonial Secretary's Office as to the opening of the Fund. 4. The Fund is designed to pay the passage of men back to India so as to prevent their having a claim on the Government for the cost of a return passage. 5. There can be little doubt hut that the Fund is the property of the men who have subscribed to it, and is in no sense Government money, although it is paid into the Treasury for safe keeping. 6. The surplus is probably due to the loose way the accounts were kept prior to 1875, in which year a regular ledger was opened and a proper account kept of incomings
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2. A. Dept.. Form Xa. Ib

(COPY)

REC

C.O.

9446

The Local Auditor, Hong Kong, to the Comptroller and Auditor Heneral."

Eo 10/9/96.

Red 2 MAY 36

375

Sir,

Audit Office,

Hong Kong,

23rd March, 1896.

With reference to your letter No 4/36, of 10th

February last, on the subject of a payment of $437 to the

Captain Superintendent of Police out of the "Sikh Passage

or Chundah Fund" for the establishment of an "Indian ess

" Fund", I have the honour to report as follows:-

2. The Chundah Fund appears to have been first

instituted in 1867, and consists of a deduction of $1 a

month from the pay of every Indian Constable, until each

man has paid $31, or until he leaves the Force, or until he

has served five years.

3.

The Fund appears to have been started

Departmentally, as there is nothing on record in the

Colonial Secretary's Office as to the opening of the Fund.

4. The Fund is designed to pay the passage

of men back to India so as to prevent their having a claim

on the Government for the cost of a return passage.

5.

There can be little doubt hut that the Fund

is the property of the men who have subscribed to it, and

is in no sense Government money, although it is paid into

the Treasury for safe keeping.

6. The surplus is probably due to the loose way

the accounts were kept prior to 1875, in which year a

regular ledger was opened and a proper account kept of

incomings

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