CO129-606-1 Treasury control over Hong Kong finances 28-9-1944 - 23-12-1947 — Page 6

6. D. R.Serfell (JM)

Dag. on 55533/477 I. P. Danceft (y)

Thiss whyte

M Wallace

1947.

6

20-11-47

1.F.16/10/02

21,

To see Nos 6 and

ج.

bedilatera Dos Sabre

the war

I have

a

aolé

that before the

the Governor had to

obtain the loss; pro

approval under Col. Reg 265 for additional

expenditure in excess

where

no

of $10,000 ($625).

question of principle arose.

That appears to me

limit

and

to be a

low

very

Qurul

must have involved

unnecessay comespondence.

the Castern Dest

To for

is concerned

we

do

not want

16

to be

bothered with requests for approval of comparitively small amounts additional expenditure where no poist I principle arises, and subject to the comments of the Finance Dept- I would suggest that the limits under Cool deg 265-

of

should

be

(9). non-recurrent $50,000 (£3,125)

te e-current-

$25,000 (£1562-103)

ал

subject to the

the same

understanding

Col. Reg

No. 278

para 2 of No. 7.

As

regards

I believe that

all

Governors

during

wear

were required to seek

auchority for writes-off' involving auctorily for writes