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PAYMENTS.

£ $. d.

£ 8. d.

810

240

2

413 1 1

3,880,193 15 5 732

6

3,880,925 15 11

£3,881,908 17

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CHINA INDEMNITY FUND.

ACCOUNT OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 1 (4) OF THE CHINA INDEMNITY (APPLICATION) ACT, 1925 (15 and 16 Geo. V. cap. 41), FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 1981.

By payments made in pursuance of Section 1 (1) of the Act Less refund

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By expenses incurred by the Secretary of State under Section 1 (3) of the Act

By balance (cash at bank) on 31 March 1931:

(1) Deposit account Current account

RECEIPTS.

£ s. d.

...3,372,714 10

s. d.

..

1,208 18 3

3,373,923 8 3

378,700 9 1

T

5,629 14 8

373,070 14 5 134,914 14 4

£3,881,908 17

Note. In addition the sum of £34,427 68. 3d. was received in respect of the China Indemnity during the financial year, but subsequent to the commencement of the China Indemnity (Application) Act, 1931, and was held on deposit pending its transfer to the Commission and the Trustees in accordance with the provisions of that Act.

FOREIGN OFFICE,

4 November 1931.

I certify that this Account has been examined under my directions, and is correct.

F. A. Butler,

Finance Officer.

G. C. Upcott,

Comptroller and Auditor General.

To cash at bank on 1 April 1930:

(1) Deposit account

(2) Current account

To Payments of Indemnity

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Less Interest allowed to Chinese Government on payments made

before due date

4

To Interest on bank deposits

(13366-31) Wt. 22609-37 500 1/32 P. St. G, 360

CHINA INDEMNITY FUND ACCOUNT, 1930.

GENERAL. REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR

arrangements for disposal. commencement of the Act, pending completion of the necessary an instalment of £34,427 6s. 3d. received subsequent to the held at 31 March 1931 at a bank at Shanghai, together with This balance, amounting to £3,880,925 15s. 11d., was still

Comptroller and Auditor General

G. C. Upcott,

Indemnity received after the commencement of the Act. for the disposal of instalments of the British share of the of this Fund after certain payments bave been made from it, and law on 3 March 1931, provides for the distribution of the balance

The China Indemnity (Application) Act, 1931, which became

12 January 1932. EXCHEQUER AND AUDIT DEPARTMENT,

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