CO129-552-1 Supplementary expenditure 24-12-1934 - 18-1-1936 — Page 30

No

614.

BY AIR MAIL.

Sir,

5430

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONG KONG.

19th November, 1935.

I have the honour, in accordance with Colonial Regulation 265, to request your sanction for supplementary expenditure of $19,000 for Subsistence of Prisoners, in respect of which $210,000 is provided under Head 21, Sub-

head 19, of the Estimates for 1935.

2.

The excess on this vote is due to a further

The daily average

increase in the number of pri soners.

for this year (to the end of October) is 1790, as against

1610 for 1934, 1472 for 1933 and 1114 for 1932.

3.

I should be glad if I may receive by tele graph

your authority for this additional expenditure.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient, humble servant,

W.D. Southoth-

Officer Administering the Government.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

MALCOLM MACDONALD, M.P.,

&C.,

&C.,

&C.

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