CO129-514-4 Repayment of excess military contributions advanced by Hong Kong 9-1-1929 - 10-1-1930 — Page 72

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15th January, 1929.

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Dear Grindle,

You will have received our letter of 9th instant,

conveying our assent to the refund of the amounts of the

military contributions over-advanced by Hong Kong in respect

of the years 1917/18 and 1918/19. You will remember Mr.Amery's

letter of 26 th November, 1928, to our Secretary of State, in

which he remarked that Sir Cecil Clementi had been in favour of

waiving this claim if the War Office proposals for the building

of new barracks for an enlarged garrison in Hong Kong went

through, but that as a decision on this question had been

postponed by the Cabinet at least until after the general

election Sir Cecil Clementi no longer felt able to waive or

postpone the refund. The Treasury, in now assenting to the

refund, have made the suggestion to which we gladly accede

that we should invite the Colonial Office to put it privately

to the Governor that, if it should hereafter be decided to

build those new barracks in Hong Kong, we trust we should not be

placed in a worse position financially, as between ourselves.

and the Colony, than if the Cabinet had approved those services

now. I hope you may be able to give favourable consideration

to this point.

Sir Gilbert Grindle,

K.C.M.G., C.B.

Yours sincerely,

Vabrosland