CO129-529-7 Annual abstract account for 1929 14-1-1931 - 9-3-1931 — Page 8

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and that, in the circumstances, the

Secretary of State's sanction should

have been obtained for the excess

expenditure in 1929, and the procedure

of charging this excess to Head 1, of the

Loan Account, and I now convey to you my

formal approval of the excess

expenditure in question.

I have &c.,

(Sgd.) P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER

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3 1 AUG 1931

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My Lord,

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONG KONG, 30th July, 1931.

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt

of Your Lordship's despatch No.143 of 15th May, 1931,

transmitting a certified copy of the Annual Abstract Account

of Hong Kong for the year 1929, together with the report of

the Director of Colonial Audit.

2.

With reference to paragraph 3 of the report

the figure for unallocated railway stores should be reduced by $8,579.98 representing the value of rails landed from the

S. S. "Tokuyama Maru" in 1918. Authority to exclude the value of these rails was conveyed by Mr. Amery's despatch No.293 of 8th September, 1926.

3. The excess in respect of unallocated stores, Public Works Department, was due to the return of pipes and fittings issued in connection with extraordinary measures taken during the water shortage of 1929. These items were subsequently retransferred from the Water Emergency Account in order that that account might be closed. It is regretted that Your Lordship's covering authority was not requested at

the time.

4.

With reference to paragraph 4 of the report

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LORD PASSFIELD,

&c.,

&c.,

&c.

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