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consideration and recommendation of acceptance of report submitted by the Vice Chariman of expenditure for the month of September,
consideration of letter received from the New Zealand Government regarding claim from the New Zealand Expeditionary Force for a refund of money expended by the NZEF on the up keep of graves and provision of permanent and temporary memorials for the graves of New Zealand soliders in the UK, with resolution that the Commission would be unable to assume liability for the amounts paid by the NZEF,
consideration of question of allowance to Headquarters, France for the hospitality of visitors, with resolution that suitable married quarters and a table allowance be granted to the Deputy Controller, France in order to enable him to extend hospitality to distinguished visitors he had been authorised by the Commission to entertain,
consideration of tenders for the manufacture of headstones for the graves of members of the Chinese Labour Corps in France and Belgium, with resolution to accept the tenders of Messrs. the Societe Anonyme des Carrieres de la Vallee Heurreuse et du Haut-Banc (for 236 headstones); Messrs. Fevre and Co. of 10 Rue Lincoln Paris (for 250 headstones in de Vaurion stone); and for the additional purchase of 750 headstones of de Vaurion stone from Messrs. Fevre and Co. providing that the Deputy Controller, France is able to provide assurance that Chinese labour for the carving of the stones will be available,
consideration and recommendation of acceptance of estimates submitted by the Inspector of Works, Italy for horticulture for 6 month period up to end March 1920.
consideration of the need to appoint Commission representatives in Germany to report on the care and maintenance of British war graves by Germans in that country, with resolution that two officers and a clerk be sent immediatley to Berlin for that purpose, and with specifc mention of General Fairholme and Captain Simon as being possible suitable appointees, and reference to possible reciprocal treatment of German war graves in the UK.
consideration of question reagrding the placing of headstones over the graves of Portuguese soldiers, with resolution that a letter be written to the Foreign Office providing an estimate of cost for the headstones and maintenance with suggestion that this be transmitted to the Portuguese Government for their consideration
Attendees:
Major General Fabian Ware, CB, CMG (Chairman)
The Rt. Hon. Andrew Fisher, PC
General Sir C. F. N. Macready, GCMG, KCB
Harry Gosling, Esq., CH, JP
Mr A. P. Waterfield, Esq, (representing the Treasury)
Lt. Colonel H. Ellissen (Secretary)
Additional documents include:
agenda, resolutions, report and handwritten minutes of the 9th meeting of the Finance Committee, 29th October 1919
tabulated monthly expenditures for September 1919 (4 copies)
copy letter from Major S. Bolton, on behalf of the Staff Paymaster, New Zealand Expeditionary Force to the High Commissioner for New Zealand, setting out various costs incurred by the NZEF in the upkeep of graves of New Zealand war dead in the UK, with specific mention of graves at Codford, Kensal Green, Brookwood and Brockenhurst, and request that these costs be passed on to the IWGC for reimbursement; 19th August 1919
extract from the minutes of the 15th Commission Meeting concerning Sir Thomas Mackenzie's question regarding allowances for different Headquarters for hospitality costs; 1st October 1919 (2 copies)
report by the IWGC Director of Works on the purchase of headstones for graves of the Chinese Labour Corps, with mention of Noyelles-sur-Mer, details of how many headstones are required, reference to the use of Chinese labour to engrave and erect the headstones, and summaries of costs involved; 21st October 1919.
copies of tenders for the production of headstones for Chinese Labour Corps graves from Messrs. Fevre and Co. of 10 Rue Lincoln Paris (25th September 1919); Messrs. Civet, Pommier and Co., Paris (25th-26th September 1919); and Messrs. the Societe Anonyme des Carrieres de la Vallee Heurreuse et du Haut-Banc (16th-19th August 1919), with copy of report by Captain Francis Boaz, MC, RE, Quantity Surveyor to the IWGC Inspector of Works, providing a brief description of the three types of stone (Comblanchien; Peuron Marbrier, Chauvigny Rock; Vaurion Roche) quoted for by the firms; 8th October 1919.
copy of revised approximate estimate of plants required and costs for 6 months to March 1920 for horticulture in Italy, compiled by Lt. S.W. McLeod Braggins, IWGC Horticultural Officer, Italy; 30th September 1919, and approved and signed by Major F.R. Durham, IWGC Inspector of Works and Capt. Arthur Hill, IWGC Horticultural Advisor. The estmimates are noted as being for the following cemetereis: Tezze, Giavera, Montecchio Precalcino, Dueville, Padova, Cremona and small cemeteries (2 copies) |