CO129-572-5 King George V Memorial- progress report on fund 15-10-1937 - 17-2-1938 — Page 8

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53882/38 Hong Kong.

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C. O.

Mr. Rogers 8/2/38.

Mr. Walker. 9/2

he Dale. 9.

Mr.

Gent":

Sir H. Moore.

Sir G. Tomlinson.

Sir C. Bottomley.

Sir J. Shuckburgh.

Permt. U.S. of S.

Parly. U.S. of S.

Secretary of State.

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Stuc...

Sir,

15-

Downing Street,

February, 1938.

I have etc. to acknowledge

DRAFT.

1-

Laura.

(1)

the receipt of your despatch No. 20

HONG KONG

NO.

GOVERNOR

of the 6th January regarding the

provision of a permanent local

memorial to his late Majesty,

King George V, and to express to you

my appreciation of the scheme which

Lefared

has been asdaptace

I agree that

FURTHER ACTION.

the amount of the local subscription

is very satisfactory in view of resent

local conditions

2.

I approve your proposal

to treat the fund which has been set

up as a Government sub-account which

will be shown in the Colony's

Statements

be included & balance-sheet but will not appear

of Assets & fiabilities

in the Annual Accounts of Revenue and

Expenditure.

(801-150) Wt. 13952-47 10,000 6/37 T.S. 695 (*1632-150) Wt. 32179-71 20,000 12/37 T.S. 695

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Expenditure.

The matter, however, appears

to me to differ fundamentally from the

Government House and City Development

Scheme in that the subscriptions made to

the memorial scheme are in no sense

Government revenues, whereas the fund

in the case of the other scheme