CO129-590-2 Evacuees- memorandum on financial policy and administration in Australia 31-8-1942 - 9-12-1942 — Page 14

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10.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the

Accountant-General, Hong Kong Government, was responsible for

the recovery, where possible, of all expenditure incurred on

behalf of Civilian Evacuees in Australia, and that actual

recoveries in Hong Kong would have been brought to account in

the Treasury books.

11.

It will be observed that the Hong Kong Treasury was

furnished with full details of all expenditure to facilitate

compilation of Accounts, adjustments as between Evacuation

Expenditure and expenditure chargeable to sub-heads under the

approved Estimates of the colony; and records of all

recoverable expenditure.

12.

METHOD OF ACCOUNTING & RENDITION OF ACCOUNTS SUBSEQUENTZY TO THE FALL OF THE COLONY.

on the fall of the colony it became essential to

inaugurate a new system of accounting whereby it would be

possible to determine at any time the exact amount and nature

of allowance paid to any dependant of a Hong Kong resident

under the Evacuation scheme.

13.

To this end personal Accounts have been opened

recording whatever payments have been made to individuals

specimen cards under the various forms of allowances i.e.

Enclosure C

:-

Maintenance Allowances

Family Remittances Government servants

volunteer Allowances - H.K.R.H. Volunteer Force.

H.K.V.D. Corps

widows' & orphans' pension Allowance Widows

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of Government servants

Volunteer pension Awards

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Pensions

Medical Expenses

Etc., etc.