CO129-584-2 Estimates 1941-2 21-2-1941 - 11-6-1941 — Page 190

No. 16.

RECEIVED

- 3 APR 1941

C. O. REGY

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5/2

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONG KONG.

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22nd January, 1941.

Enclosure No.1.

Enclosure No.2.

My Lord,

4 Janua

With reference to my despatch No.11 of 15th

anuary, 1941, I have the honour to inform Your

Lordship that the draft estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 1941-42 were duly introduced into Legislative Council at a

meeting held on 16th January, 1941.

2. I take this opportunity of forwarding for Your Lordship's information a copy of the speech made by the Financial Secretary at the meeting

referred to above and also copies of leading

articles on the subject of the budget which have

appeared in the South China Morning Post, the

Hong Kong Daily Press, the Hong Kong Telegraph,

the China Mail and the Hong Kong Sunday Herald.

Your Lordship will observe from these leading articles that on the whole this Government's

proposals for the coming financial year have been

well received by the press.

I have the honour to be,

My Lord,

Your Lordship's most obedient, humble

Tuonon

Officer Administering the Gover

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LORD LLOYD OF DOLOBRAN,

&C.,

&C.,

&c.

RR.5.

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