CO129-549-1 Remittance of funds between Hong Kong and London 12-2-1934 - 14-2-1935 — Page 50

Telephone No.: WHITEHALL 1234.

NATION

FOR

Any reply to this letter should be addressed to—

CHEME

DISABLED

MEN

THE SECRETARY,

TREASURY,

WHITEHALL, LONDON, S.W.1.

and the following number quoted :

F.6242/5.

TREASURY CHAMBERS.

16June, 1934.

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pens

[Y/n]

Sir,

I am directed by the Lords Commissioners of

His Majesty's Treasury to request you to inform

Secretary Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister that Their attention

has again been drawn to the question of remittances to

and from Hong Kong, which formed the subject of corres- pondence ending with Colonial Office letter 18783/24 of

the 24th April, 1924.

*

Recent correspondence on this subject between

the Financial Adviser to the China Command and the

Treasury Chest Officer, Hong Kong, and a statement of the monthly transactions of the Treasury Chest at Hong Kong for the last 5 years have been communicated to your

Department, and were discussed semi-officially on the 5th

instant.

From that summary, it will be seen that (apart from Army receipts and payments) in recent years the

Treasury Chest has had to raise Hong Kong dollars to the value of between £480,000 and £745,000 a year for the

needs

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

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