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letter of the 12th July. In paragraph 3 of his despatch

of the 30th January the Governor explains that the

on

valuation of the list attached to that despatch

exceeds that given in his despatch No. 292

of the 12th December 1947, because it covers

several vessels not included in the earlier

valuation. That earlier valuation was £143,950,

the figure quoted in paragraph 2 of your letter

of the 12th July. This, I think, explains the

difference between the figure you have of

£143,950 and the figure of about £200,000 which

appears in the telegrams. Both figures in fact

(8)

(1)

(12) m 54126/6/47 exhastid (IA)

relate apparently to the same valuation by the

Director of Marine, but the second figure is

larger because it includes some additional items

not covered by the first, (you will note that the

Governor's despatch of the 12th January says nothing

about the claims on behalf of the Admiralty and

(8)

(8)

War Office to which also you refer. I shall return

to this point below).

4. The Governor's despatch No. 292 of the 12th December

1947 dealt with a large number of items of expenditure

of various kinds, liability for meeting which was

at issue between H. M. G. and the Hong Kong Government.

The Ministry of Transport harbour craft was one of

these. As a result of the general financial settlement

finally arrived at the Hong Kong Government became

liable for such payment as might be finally agreed

for these craft.

5. Mayo's letter to Bourdillon No. TM. 29410 of

the 26th April 1947 suggested that there were craft

(12) m 54126/6/4)

8) on 1946/7 file

in

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