CO129-590-2 Evacuees- memorandum on financial policy and administration in Australia 31-8-1942 - 9-12-1942 — Page 18

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Finance Liaison Officer for guidance in the compilation

of any accounts in London, it is considered advisable to

tabulate the various disbursements made by the Commonwealth

Treasury as a charge against Hong Kong funds, and to

emphasise that, in the case of each individual disburse-

ment under the following sub-heads of expenditure detailed

figures can be furnished.

(a)

Payments made to dependants of Government officials on account of accrued salary.

(b) Recoverable advances in the nature of maintenance

allowances to dependants of non-officials.

(c) Volunteer Allowances (Naval & Military).

(a)

Volunteer Gratuities and pensions.

(e)

(f)

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widows' & Orphans' pension allowances (pending

assessment of pension).

Medical expenses.

In addition, details of expenditure authorised

for payment by the commonwealth Treasury for recovery

through their Accounts with the Crown Agents for the

colonies are available. These payments are classified

as follows:-

(a)

salaries of Government servants on leave pending

retirement.

(b) Alimentary allowances pending award of pension (Government servants on retirement).

(c) provisional Gratuities (Government servants on

retirement).

(d) widows' & Orphans' pensions authorised by

Secretary of state.

30. This memorandum is confined to the financial

procedure obtaining in the office of the Finance Liaison

officer and is not intended to embrace activities under

the heading of welfare of which one aspect is the

compilation of information concerning the fate of relatives

in Hong Kong at the time of capitulation and is of

paramount importance from a financial point of view in as much

as records of casualties under certain categories govern

allowances payable under instructions of the secretary