CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949 — Page 39

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Secretary of State,

Your Reference...

DRAFT.

Dear Sir Patrick,

Prof. Sir Patrick

Abercrombie, M.A., FrR.I.B.A.

(1)

29th January 1948.

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.

£42 and

which is calculated at 24and which

covers approximately your hotel expenses

(not including tips, which are not

normally admitted), we can meet your

provided

incidental expenses they are

itemised and vouched as far as prac-

-ticable or covered by a personal

certificate of expenditure.

We could

FURTHER ACTION.

not hope, therefore, to be able to

secure authority to re-imburse you the following items in your statement item without

furthes

niformation

1. Journey out from London

to Hong Kong, insplantal

4. Daily expenses at £1 per

day, 35 days

4 12

6

35

0 0

6. Return journey to

London, incidental

2 10 0

3. Do you think you could

let me have an itemised list covering

surna

these three tes, so that we can go