CO129-504-3 Ex-Gunner James Element- passage home after release from civilian prison etc. 24-3-1927 - 12-12-1927 — Page 8

No 474.

REC

1200 1927

COL.

30132

3

&

GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

HONGKONG. 7th November, 1927.

Sir,

F2924/26

2012

ا السله

With reference to your despatch. o.516 of 17th

September, 1926, regarding the incidence of the cost of the passage of James Element from Hong Kong to the United Kingdom, I have the honour to inform you that ry attention has been

drawn in connection with the case of two other ex-arny

prisoners whom this Goverment proposes to repatriate later on, to the fact that a Jolonial Government which provides a

passage for such prisoners on the termination of their imprisonment is entitled under Regulation 362 (f) (copy enclosed) of Allowance Regulations (1914 Edition) to a refund

from the War Office of the expenses incurred..

2.

I venture therefore to renew the claim of this

Government for a refund of £20 paid in respect of the indulgence passage granted to ex-Gunner Element and to request that the attention of the War Office may be invited to the relevant Regulation and to the fact admitted in the Jer Office letter of 26th August, 1926, which formed the enclosure to your despatch under reference that the passage by transport was in lieu of passage by a ship of the Peninsular and Oriental Steann Navigation Company.

-THE RIGHT HONOURALLE

LIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C..S. AERY, .P.,

&C.,

&c.,

&c.

3.

Page

Page

age 9

9

3.

I regret that I am not now able to support

the claim with a certified copy of the men's discharge as required by the Regulation, but I suggest that this might be dispensed with as the facts of the case are not in

question.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient humble servant,

W.D. Sourhoo

Officer Administering the Government.

age 9

Page

10

Extract from the Regulations for the Allowances of the Army

- 1914

-

362 (f). A soldier enlisted in the United Kingdom who is discharged from the army at a station abroad on conviction by the civil power may, on termination of his imprisonment, be provided by the Colonial Government with a passage by packet to the United Kingdom. The cost of the passage, and any land expenses of the man incurred in proceeding to the port of embarkation in the colony, will be allowed as a charge against arty funds. Such charges will be settled at the War Office, and claims will be supported by a manuscript copy, certified by the prison governor, of the particulars of the man's discharge as shown on his certificate of discharge. Land conveyance in the United Kingdom will not be allowed.

Page

ge 10

ge 10Page 11