CO129-622-4 War damage compensation- requisitioned railway stores and materials 28-1-1949 - 16-2-1950 — Page 71

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Claims in connection with Railway materials

requisitioned in Hong Kong in 1941

Settlement recommended by War office

Appendix A to Sir Mark Young's despatch No. 80 of 10th April 1947.

War Supplies Board Claim

Interim settlement

Kowloon Centon Railway (British Section)

£12,500

Appendix E to Sir Mark Young's despatch No. 80 of 10th April! 1947.

Item 1

4 locos

5 wagons

£9,432

Item 2

Preparing 149 wagons for shipment

£13,410

Item 3

Preparing material

for 600 wagons for shipment

£28,650

Addl. Item 4

3 tank locos

£3,342

See note below

Addl. Item 5

Converting and

preparing 5 locos

for shipment

£1,500

#

£56,334

(a)

Item 4 relates to 3 tank locos shipped to India in 1941 for conversion. These locos appear to be similar to the Kitson locos which were agreed at £1,514 each, including conversion and spares; allowing £400 each for conversion and spares the value of the locos would be £1,114 each.

(b) Item 5 is in respect of work understood to have been carried

out in the British Section Railway Workshops when

4 North British and 1 Baldwin locos the property of the Chinese Government were coverted to Middle East standards and subsequently prepared for shipment. A figure of £300 each locomotive would be an appropriate amount for this work.