CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949 — Page 37

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Dear Sir Patrick,

Colonial office,

Church House,

Great Smith Street,

S.W.1.

29th January, 1948.

Ansid (4)

I have now had the advice of our Chief Accountant about your letter of the 4th January regarding the expenses of your recent visit to Hong Kong.

2.

In the first instance, apart from your subsistence allowance, which is calculated at £42 and covers approximately your hotel expenses (not including tips, which are not normally admitted), we can meet your incidental expenses provided they are itemised and vouched as far as practicable or covered by a personal certificate of expenditure. we could not hope, therefore, to be able to secure authority to reimburse you the following items in your statement, without further information:-

(1) Journey out from London

to Hong Kong, incidental

(4) Daily expenses at 21 per

day, 35 days

(6) Return journey to London,

incidental

£ S. d.

பம்

4. 12. 6.

35. 0. 0.

2. 10. 0.

3. Do you think you could let me have an itemised list covering these three suns, so that

PROFESSOR,

SIR PATRICK ABERCROMBIE, M.A., F.R.I.B.A., M.T.P.I.

we