CO129-446 - Others & Individuals - 1917 — Page 618

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9. Gracechurch Street,

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9th August, 1917.

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I have to acknowledge receipt of your letter No. 38781/1917 on the subject of the Allowance granted to Mrs

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R. Smith and to thank you for the information it contains.

It leaves me, however, in some uncertainty as to whether the amount of £20. which you were authorised to pay in weekly sums has already been exhausted. If that is so, I beg you, on behalf of the Hongkong War Charities' Committee, to continue the weekly payments of £1.10.0. pending receipt of the reply to Mr. Secretary Long's further enquiry addressed to the War Pensions Statutory Committee.

I shall esteen it a favour if you will let me know the result of his enquiry, and I shall be glad to refund whatever sums may have been distributed to Mrs. Smith in the meantime.

I am,

Sir.

Your obedient servant,

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office,

London, S.W.

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