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No. 651.

RECEIVED

21 OCT 1939

C. O. RECY

Sir,

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONG KONG.

6th October, 1939.

Enclosure No.1.

Enclosure No. 2.

Enclosure No. 3.

I have the honour to enclose herewith six

copies of each of the following documents relating to the draft estimates of revenue and expenditure for

1940-41 which are being introduced into Legislative

Council on 12th October, 1939:-

I. Draft estimates of revenue and

expenditure for 1940-41.

II.

III.

A memorandum by the Financial

Secretary on the financial position of the Colony for the years 1938 and

1939 and on the estimates for 1940-41.

A memorandum by the Director of Public

Works on Public Works Extraordinary.

These documents have been in the hands of members of the

Legislative Council since 2nd October, 1939.

2.

After consultation with unofficial members

of Legislative Council the draft abstract of differences between items for the coming and the current years has been discontinued, the explanations of differences required by Colonial Regulation No. 221 being supplied

in every case by footnotes and amplified where necessary in the Financial Secretary's memorandum.

Kinab

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

MALCOLM MACDONALD, M.P.,

&C.,

&C.,

&C.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient, humble servant,

[lt. Wather

Governor.