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STATEMENT C

HONG KONG MILITARY CONTRIBUTION 1937-38

Currency

82

Equivalent in Sterling converted at Official rates

of Exchange

£

+2

s d

5,662,767.81

353,053. 11. 9.

(1) Contribution (based on

20% of Actual Revenue) in respect of calendar year 1937

(2) Contribution (based on

20% of Actual Revenue) in respect of calendar year 1938

$

Three-fourths of (1)

representing the contribution in respect of the period April to December, 1937

6,277,717.03

392,357. 6. 7.

4,247,075.86

264,790. 3.10.

One-fourth of (2) representing the contribution in respect of the period January to March, 1938

1,569,429.26

98,089. 6. 8.

Contribution April 1937 to

March 1938

5,816,505.12.

362,879. 10. 6

The War Office, Whitehall, S. W. 1.