CO129-507-8 Prevention of piracy- use of armed patrol launches 8-2-1928 - 2-8-1928 — Page 2

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The existing allocation of expenses

between the Admiralty abd Hong Kong is roughly

on the basis that the Admiralty are paying the

full cost of the Naval personnel and other

expenses should be shared equally The cost

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of the Maval personnel is £6,955 and of the other

expenses £10,231, Hong Kong at present pays £100

a month for each launch, that is £3,600 a year

or considerably less than half the "other expenses".

The Admiralty view as expressed in their letter

of the 28th of November is that Hong Kong should

eventually pay all the other expenses and that

immediately its contribution should be increased

to £200 a month for each launch, or £7,200 a year.

It is useful to have this exact informa-

tion on the subject, but no present action on our

part is necessary as Hong Kong can doubtless be

trusted to object if they consider the new demands

excessive.

Put

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attone 10/5728

(H.14. Grot's Contubuting Grand

maintenance of Launches)

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