CO129-615-4 Harbour craft used by Hong Kong Government- financial arrangements 30-1-1948 - 12-1-1949 — Page 18

C.O

TELEGRAM

Draft

File No.

* SAVINGRAM

* The word Priority may be entered here, if necessary.

54337/48.

19 18

19

To:--

GOVERNOR

Sent.

HONG KONG,

Draft B

hours.

C. D.

Repeated to:-

8.

22 DEC

B.

1-3 JAN 1949

.194.

K

Mr. Wallace

Mr.

Mr..

• Mr.

Sir

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18/12

2/12

Palinen 1/

Brudilen 24/12

fidch them 22/12

Permt. U.S. of S.

Parly. U.S. of S.

S. of S.

If for my Temumur

Priority:-

Nil.

In

Reply urgently required. Important.

Immediate.

Most Immediate.

Distribution:-

Further action:-

Wt. 21408/757 Iom 7.48 Wa. & Co. 51/3

To be transmitted :-

In Clear

Code

Cypher

No. 35

Restricted.

Confidential.

Secret.

Top Secret

and Personal.

(9)

(1)

Your savingram No. 543.

Harbour craft.

1. In the course of discussion the

Ministry of Transport have pointed out that

in addition to the craft included in the list

accompanying your despatch No. 19 of the

30th January 1948, for which the Ministry

of Transport are the disposal authority,

there are also in use by the Hong Kong

Government certain other craft belonging to,

or at one time belonging to, the Admiralty

and the War Office.

*

2. These other craft were included (as well

as Ministry of Transport craft) in lists

submitted by the Director of Marine (then

Harbour Master) Hong Kong to the Ministry of

Transport in 1947. The total valuations for

the craft given by the Director of Marine on

those

the three lists were:-

Ministry of Transport

Admiralty

War Office

£143,950

£180,850

£ 52,400

3.