CO129-590-2 Evacuees- memorandum on financial policy and administration in Australia 31-8-1942 - 9-12-1942 — Page 15

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14. In the case of Family Remittances

Government

Servants, deductions from salaries would have been effected

up to and including November, 1941, (para. 5 (d) ). It

has, therefore, only been considered necessary to record

actual payments made to dependants on account of accrued

salary of a Government official as from December, 1941.

15. Similarly, it is assumed that recoveries in

respect of remittances made through official channels to

dependants of non-officials were effected by the Accountant-

General, Hong Kong, up to and including payments made in

Australia on the 1st December, 1941 (para 5 (e) ).

made prior to 1st January, 1942, are therefore not brought

into account, but the Accounts contain a concise record of

all payments made to this class of evacuee as from lst

January, 1942, whether in the nature of Recoverable

Advances, Maintenance Allowances or volunteer Allowances

&C., &c. as the case may be.

16.

Payments

Volunteer Allowances effective from 1st January,

1942, were not actually paid until June when any interim

payments in the nature of Maintenance Allowances or Advances

were, where possible, adjusted by recovery in calculation of

arrears due to the dependant.

17.

Examination of a personal Account will reveal

that, where necessary, a complete record of all payments

from public funds concerning each individual case will be

available at any given date to facilitate final adjustment.

18.

Medical Expenditure.

It is not possible to state how far medical

expenditure was recovered by the Hong Kong Treasury, but

copies of all statements showing full details of expenditure

authorised to be paid by the Commonwealth Sub-Treasuries on

account of the person normally responsible for maintenance