CO129-623-4 Supplementary Expenditure- includes an annual report for the year ending March 1950 1-12-1950 - 30-11-1951 — Page 30

Colonial Secretariat file No 27/89/51

SAVINGRAM

To the Secretary of State for the Colonies.

From the Governor, Hong Kong.

September,...1951.

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1027

1951/52 Estimates.

Prisons Department

Materials for Prison

Industries.

Finance Committee has approved a supplementary provision of $400,000 for a new sub-head of Head 25 in the 1951/52 estimates and I seek your covering approval in accordance with the terms of your despatch No. 302 of 25th September, 1948.

2.

A substantial quantity of made-up goods is supplied by the Government Prison for the use of Gover- ment Departments. During the first three months of this year goods to the value of about $39,000 and $4,500 were supplied to departments and to the public respectively. Orders now in hand and anticipated future orders require the supply of raw materials to the value of $356,000.

3.

The present system whereby the raw materials for the prison industries were charged to the Prisons departmental vote for "Stores and Equipment" is unsatisfactory and a new sub-head of expenditure to which the cost of raw materials can be charged has therefore been provided.

REGISTRAR'S OFFICE

1 8 SEP 1951

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