CO129-552-1 Supplementary expenditure 24-12-1934 - 18-1-1936 — Page 142

No 68.

Ansol (13)

Sir,

Dent has

ARZA

53533

R50

13/3

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG. 31st January, 1935.

10

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I have the honour to inform you that owing to

the default of the firm to whom the contract for the erection

of a Furniture Workshop and Store was awarded in April 1934

and the necessity of employing a new contractor it was not

possible to complete the work during that year.

2.

The sum provided under Head 34 Sub-Head 9 of

the 1934 Estimates was $27,000 of which $10,586.84 had been

expended up to December 31st, 1934. $2,000 only has been

provided under Head 34 Sub-Head 42 of the Estimates for 1935

and it will be necessary in due course to approach the Legislative Council for a revote of approximately $12,000. I should be glad to receive your authority, in accordance with Colonial Regulation No.281, to do so.

3.

The building is being erected in Kowloon and

not, as originally intended, on the Island of Hong Kong. RAIN.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient, humble servant,

Governor, &c.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

SIR P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER, G.B.E., M.C., M.P.,

&C.,

&C.,

&c.,

5/4/37