SINGAPORE BASE
DOM'NION PAYMENTS STATED British Official TVircZesj Reed. noon. RUGBY, Tuesday. Mr. C. G. Ammon, Financial Secretary to the Admiralty, states that amounts contributed by Hong-Kong, Federated Malay States and New Zealand toward the expenditure on the base at Singapore were - £250,000, £1,200,000 and £250,000 respectively. Of a total of £1,700,000, £1,294,000 had been appropriated by the Admiralty in relief of expenditure falling on the navy votes. The balance of £406,000 had been credited to the Army and Air Force votes in relief of expenditure falling on those votes. .
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 850, 19 December 1929, Page 11
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90SINGAPORE BASE Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 850, 19 December 1929, Page 11
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