Kenya, The Goverment of Kenya have agreed to
provide the land required for the new Royal Air Force station to be constructed in the Colony.
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10. The position with regard to contributions from the territories mentioned above may be summarised us follows; -
Straits Settlements A contribution fixed at $4,000,000 e year (£47,000) is paid, subject to revision after 31st March, 1938. The whole of this contribution is credited to Army Votes. In addition a voluntary contribution of $500,000 towards the cost of Imperial defence has been made each year since 1934, and 1/5th of this (£17,500) has been credited to Air Votes. The Governor bes, however, intimated that, in order not to create an embarrassing precedent, the voluntary contribution or A staturɔry grant gift may not be repeated in 1937.
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Not quite of $500.000 ic also allocated annually
forces, and $25,000 of this has been earmarked for the volunteer air unit in 1956.
Ceylon.
Three-fourths of the cost of the garrison, or 94% of the assassable revenue, whichever is lesa (the former is
Votes. The question less at present) is received by Army
of a contribution in respect of a Royal Air Force unit in Ceylon has not yet been considered.
Melta. No contribution is received by Air Votes or, so far
as is known, by Army Votes.
Sudan. In July, 1927, the Cabinet decided that a squadron should be located permanently in the Sudan, end that the cost of maintenance there, so far as it was inexcess of the cost of maintenance at home, should be met by the Suden from a non-interest-bearing loan from the Home Government, such loan to be repaid when Sudan is in a position to do so It was, however, subsequently decided, in view of possible reactions in the financial relations between Egypt and the Sudan, that this Cabinet decision should not be implemented, end, the Governor of the Suden undertook, in lieu of meeting a charge for excess cost, to meet the reasonable requirements both of the Army end the Royal
In Air Force in respect of works services in the Sudan. conformity with this arrangement, works services are carric out by the Public Works Department of the Suden Covernment In tais normally without recovery from the Air Ministry, connection, however, attention is drawn to Air Ministry Memorandum No. 48, prepared for the Treasury Inter-Service Committee, regarding the improvement of landing grounds,
Kenya. In view of the financial state of the colony, 10
was recently agreed not to press Kenya for any contributio: at present beyond free provision of the necessary land for the aerodrome and landing grounds required by the Royal Air Force squadron in Kenya.
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Rong Kong. A contribution equal to the cost of the garrison, or 20% of the assessable revenue, whichever is less (the latter is less at present) is payable to Army Votes. to the present, the Royal Air Force Station, Kai Tak, has
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