CO129-611-4 Development Committee- reports on various aspects 11-12-1945 - 14-7-1947 — Page 60

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I am glad to me that you are having

good weather for your holiday, and I hope

are feeling all the better for it.

You will be sorry to know that we

have today heard from Mr. G.A. Stevens,

declining the offer of appointment as

Director of Fisheries. We have lost two

months thereby, and must now look urgently

for another candidate.

We have mentioned to the Treasury the

suggestion that a sum of £25,000 should be made available to you for immediate short- term development plans, but they took the line that the approach should first come

from the Hong Kong Government, who should submit recommendations in the light of their

total needs.

(We have still not received the

detailed Estimates which the Governor has

said are on their way to us, and until these

arrive, I do not think we can profitably

pureue, the question of that special allocation

-to-you. We well understand, however, that

you need money for these plans, many of which

will be self-liquidating, and we will not-

overlook this feet when coming to arrangements

with the Treasury on the general financial--

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respect of your self. lequ daring projects.

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