CO129-584-2 Estimates 1941-2 21-2-1941 - 11-6-1941 — Page 356

No. 136/1940.

NUMBER AND DATE SHOULD BE QUOTED IN REFERENCE TO THIS LETTER

AC:FF.

BY PAN-AMERICAN AIRWAYS.

52/+

53652

RECEIVED

2 € MAR 1941 O. O. REGY

DONMENT HOUSE,

426

HONG KONG,

21st February, 1941.

The Officer Administering the Government, Hong

Kong, presents his compliments to the Secretary of State

for the Colonies and begs to forward for his information

a copy of his despatch No.42 of 20th February, 1941, on

the subject of the 1941-42 estimates, together with one

copy of the Colonial Secretary's speech to the Legislative

Council on 20th February, 1941, which indicates the

amendments made by the Select Committee to the estimates

as originally presented on 16th January, 1941.

The despatch with all the enclosures mentioned

therein is being forwarded by the usual route but in view

of the shortness of time before the commencement of the

new financial year on 1st April, 1941, the above-mentioned

copy is being forwarded by Pan-American Airways.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LORD MOYNE OF BURY ST. EDMUNDS, D.S.0.,

KRS

&C.,

&C.,

&C.