CO129-622-4 War damage compensation- requisitioned railway stores and materials 28-1-1949 - 16-2-1950 — Page 35

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The Accountant General,

Government of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

29/7/46.

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of the rolling stock was actually shipped without any specific requisition being issued against the same. Unfortunately, neither the War Supplies Board, the Ministry of Communications nor ourselves have any record of what materials and rolling stock was shipped at that time.

In view of the foregoing, the Ministry of Communications maintain that the whole of their materials stored in Hong Kong during 1941 were in the circumstances mentioned above, actually requisitioned by the Hong Kong Government, and that they are entitled to compensation for the value of the balance remaining in the same manner as for the materials against which specific and official requisitions were issued by the War Supplies Board prior to 8th December, 1941.

As instructed by them, we enclose the following invoices in respect of same:-

Invoice No.009 amounting to L850,632. 8. 0 covering new materials in Hong Kong against which no specific requisition was made by the War Supplies Board.

Invoice No.010 amounting to 164,817. o. o covering rolling stock and other materials brought from Chinese Railways to Hong Kong for safe custody, against which no specific requisition was made by the War Supplies Board.

Trusting that our claims will be duly registered and to receive payment against same in due course,

We are, dear Sir,

Yours faithfully,

Per. Pro. The Jardine Engineering Corp., Ltd.

J. C. Taylor.

Encl:

Invoices.