ACCOUNT FOR YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 1927. ACCOUNT of the CHINA INDEMNITY FUND established pursuant to Section 1 (4) of the China Indemnity (Application) Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. V. c. 41), showing the Receipts and Payments in the Year ended 31 March 1927, together with the REPORT of the COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL thereon. (In continuation of House of Commons Paper No. 160, 1926.) (Presented pursuant to Act 15 & 16 Geo. V. c. 41, s. 1 (4).) Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 7 February, 1928. LONDON: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE To be purchased directly from H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE at the following addresses: Adastral House, Kingsway, London, W.C.2, 120, George Street, Edinburgh; York Street, Manchester; 1, St. Andrew's Crescent, Cardiff; 15, Donegall Square West, Belfast; or through any Bookseller. 1928. Price 1d. net. CHINA INDEMNITY FUND. ACCOUNT OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 1 (4) OF THE CHINA INDEMNITY (APPLICATION) Act, 1925 (15 and 16 Geo. V. cap. 41), FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 1927. I certify that this Account has been examined under my directions, and is correct. F. G. A. Butler, CHINA INDEMNITY FUND ACCOUNT, 1926. REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL. The account is charged with expenditure of £16,891 15s. 10d. incurred by the Secretary of State under Section 1 (3) of the China Indemnity (Application) Act, 1925. This sum includes fees amounting to £10,000 and travelling expenses paid to six Members of the Advisory Committee, established under Section 1 (2) of the Act, who examined the situation in China with a view to making recommendations. The proposals of this Committee were embodied in Cmd. 2766, but no steps have yet been taken to give them legislative effect. Meanwhile, the balance of the Fund, amounting to £1,831,489 4s. 5d., is held in a bank at Shanghai. Malcolm G. Ramsay, Comptroller and Auditor General. EXCHEQUER AND AUDIT DEPARTMENT, 9 January 1928 (65110) Wt. 21967-28 575 2/28 H. St. G. 17 |