CO129-303 - Public Offices & Others - 1900 — Page 419

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290.

any further correspondence on this subject,

the above number should be quoted,

and

the communication should be addressed to

The Comptroller and Auditor General”

Sir,

EXCHEQUER AND AUDIT DEPARTMENT,

SOMERSET House,

LONDON, W.C.

23rd November, 1900.

C.0.

38321

Reg? REG? 24 NOV 00

414

I am directed by the Comptroller and Auditor General

End

to acknowledge the receipt of Mr Lucas's letter, No 33623,

of the 15th instant, transmitting copy of a despatch from

the Governor of Hong Kong with a memorandum containing

criticisms on certain points dealt with in the Financial

Instructions, and in reference to the proposal of the

Secretary of State to concur in the opinion of the Colonial

Authorities that the financial year in Hong Kong should

not be altered, I am to say that in view of the reasons

adduced, which are special to the circumstances of Hong

Kong, and as that Colony does not receive any grant from

Imperial funds, The Comptroller and Auditor General offers

no objection to the course proposed.

I have the honour to

be,

Sir,

he Under Secretary of State,

Colonial office.

Your obedient servant,