CO129-624-14 Finances- relief stores- Hangover stores and Siamese free rice 1-7-1948 - 31-12-1951 — Page 74

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Moreover the Comptroller and Auditor General has referred to the

question

ш

his

of these relief stores Report to Parliament; and

accordingly prom be

will be

h

fear

Accounting squared to

gave the infartoon

by the Public Grecounts

Mommittee

to supply

the information ashed for

Ever

para

3

below.

particular question of "hangover" store.

fully realise the ifficulty in all the

I

eiraumstances in arriving at even an approximate

estimate of the saounts involved both on th

particular point and on the points referred to below

but neve:theless it is essential that suci mus

attempt shoul!

der that both

svecsments may be aware of the approximate

involve in a settle sent.

3.

eceipts by the Government of Hong Kong

in respect or · B.

supplies,

supplies referred to in the previous paragraph,

probably cannot be separated from a strict

accounting point of view, from receipts fros

male of supplies purchased with the nselatanor of

His Ajesty's Government "loane in aid" aubsequently

converted into a free grant, referred to in

paragrah 3(b) of my telegrma No. 456 of 16th April

1948 o far es information on the above points

is available in this country the position appear »

approximately as follows 1–

(1) Cost of relief store5

muy lied from 1.4. during the B... period

(The item of *zins sine £794, 123-11-7a on the enclosed statement is Àtade a mum of £516,700 as the value of the "iamese free

referred to in para,

rice*

(11)

Cat of relief atores mapplied from

£ (millions)

2.7