CO129-624-14 Finances- relief stores- Hangover stores and Siamese free rice 1-7-1948 - 31-12-1951 — Page 69

A. (i)

Cost of relief stores supplied from United

£ (millions)

(ii)

Kingdom during the British Military Administration period

(The item of "Siam Rice £794, 123-11-7" on the enclosed statement includes a sum of

£516,700 as the value

of the "Siamese free rice" referred to in paragraph 4 of this savingram).

Cost of relief stores supplied from United Kingdom subsequent to the British Military Administration period which formed part of the stores to which reference is made in paragraph 2 of this savingrain.

2.7

.9

(iii)

Cost of relief stores from Australia and India in both periods.

.6

(For details, see

4.2

enclosed statement)

65

B.

C.

/(b)

Cost of relief stores purchased with assistance of His Majesty's

Government free grant of £3,250,000 referred to in paragraph 3(b) of my tele- gram No. 456 of 16th April, 1948. It is assumed that some estimate can be given of the amount involved.

Total

Receipts from sales so far paid over to His Majesty's Government

(a)

X

£ 4.2 + x millions

credited to British Military Administration a/cs:- See paragraph 8 of the printed Report on British Military Administration accounts enclosed in your despatch No. 270 of 20th November, 1947-$25,310,081.

Part of this sum presumably related to local purchases; so 'say)

£1.5