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(c) Rent of buildings requisitioned on the outbreak of hostilities. Possible liability may be as much as $750,000 and offorts may also be made to claim compensation for the contents of the buildings which were afterwards looted, though such a claim would not appear to have much chance of success (paragraph 13).
Claims directly connected with the war, which have already been mot, to be accepted as a charge against Imperial funds. These includo:-
(a) Claims mot in respect of food requisitioned on the outbreak of hostilities which, when scaled down, amounted to $5,864,066.23 (paragraph 16).
(b) Refunds made in respect of
advances from various sources to Dr. Sclwyn-Clarke and Sir Franklin Gimson for supplies for the Stanley Intornmont Camp.
Those total
£89,271.16.0 (paragraph 17).
No claim to be made where equipment
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from general war stocks has been supplied to Colonial Government departments. A case in point is the small craft supplied to the Harbour Dopartment to replace the pre-war craft which had been removed by the Japanese or had been renderod unscrviceable. was intended that these should be provided during the Military Administration period but some did not arrive until after the restoration of Civil Government The value of these small craft is estimated at £143,950 (paragraph 31).
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The rant of £70,000 and loan free of interest of £30,000 authorised by the Treasury to the Hong Kong University not to be charged to Hong Kong funds (paragraph 20).
Any award in respect of pay to Government employees who were not interned to be mot from Imperial funds. Any amounts paid during the war period by way of relief crants would be deducted from payments to recipients, and the not cost of the proposals now under consideration is estimated at $9,500,000 (paragraph 21).
Maintenance of enemy nationals rosidont in Hong Kong who wore
trasferred to India after internment, amounting to some £20,000, to be
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