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BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION 1924.

HONG KONG SECTION.

SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS IN LONDON AND HONG KONG FROM 15TH NOVEMBER, 1923 TO 31ST DECEMBER, 1926.

£50,302. 1. 8.

$441,004.57

$567,277.40

$1,008,281.97

RECEIPTS.

LONDON &

@ 2/84.

HONG KONG.

TOTAL.

Government Grant

$550,000.00

Commission on Sales

Silk Worm Exhibit

Process Workers

Postcards

Interest on Deposits and Bank Accounts

£ 2,721. 0. 9.

6.10. 8.

$ 23,855.67

57.28

$550,000.00

23,855.67

57.28

104.11. 3.

192.12.10.

916.71

916.71

1,688.91

1,688.91

Sundry Receipts

Cancelled Passages--Refunds

Claims recovered from Insurance Companies

Expenses repaid by European Exhibitors

London Debts repaid by Exhibitors

Freight Rebates from Shipping Companies

3. 7. 1.

29.41

56.69

86.10

157. 8. 7.

846.15. 6.

1,378.01

2,034.91

3,412.92

3,040.22

8,040.22

138.03

138.03

1,557.56

1,557.50

3,412.00

3,412.00

1,170.10

1,170.10

Freight Rebates recovered from Exhibitors Exhibitors accounts from London

921.28

7,986.83

021.28

7.986.88

Remittances to London from Hong Kong Less returned

£48,500

1,730

46,770, 0. 0.

409,532.56

409,532.56

Exchange Adjustment-Fractional Difference between actual cost i.c. $409,532.56 @ Ex. 2/3.4088 and equivalent of £46,770 @ 2/33

505.80

505.80

LOWE, BINGHAM & MATTHEWS.

Chartered Accountants.

Prepared by us from the Hong Kong Books and the Returns from Lowe, Bingham & Matthews, the Committee's Accountants and Treasurers at Wembley

Hong Kong, 15th February, 1927.