CO129-356 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1909 [4-6] — Page 64

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"In the Abstract of Estimated Expenditure,

waks not

the head for

annually

recurrent will

be kept distinct from the tot _ expenditure

ther services

This has

"

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disappeared and CR250

purts works not anmally recurrent with other Expenditure, unless paid for or ultrainitely to be paid for out of

last

Caser

loan funds. In both the

CR 252

puts

the parsin

under

and

" a separate head of rependiture following :listinct from the total of other expenditure." There

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in

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this

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course

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b

then

any question

part of the

Ay

to the convenince

I understand to be the

Arm

of $987203.68 spent

" public works sutraordining

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ву

to

come out of loan funds, the Governer is right including that item alwe the line, and

in

his revised balance sheet is in accordance with

the Col. Rap

Rejs.

J. MG2575

This hosteler to the do.

for their downs

30.100

Hongkong.

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My Lord,

16957

Government House,

Hongkong, 19th. April,

1909.

I have the honour to request a

decision on the following points:-

2.

Your Lordship will have noticed

that in the Annual Statement of Receipts and Expenditure

forwarded in my Despatch No. 83 of 2nd. April that the

amount of Railway expenditure carried on surplus balances

was included under the head "Public Works Extraordinary".

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It has been brought to my notice that this method of treat-

→ment does not accord with the provision in Colonial

Regulation No. 252 that such expenditure should be shown

"under a separate head following and distinct from the

total of other expenditure"; and that the aim of this

Regulation and of No. 250 will be best attained by the

treatment shown in the statement attached.

This method of accounting assumes

as deliberate the omission in the new Regulations of the

provision

Dr.

HE RIGHT HONOURABLE

THE EARL OF CREWS,

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