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Hongkong offices are allowed 4 months vacation instead of tan than in most colonies.

MINUTE PAPER. 506

II The financial condition is healthy.

Hong Kong is healthier than some other colonies because it has a regular change of Season.

The arguments of this petition seem to me to be the same as those alleged for any colony - I can see no urgent ground for a general increase of pay and think that this petition should be distinctly refused, though it might be added that H.E. would always give fair

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Colony: its distance is counterbalanced by the good steam communication of computing companies. Contrast Mauritius.

Further it raises the cost of house rent. The burden of house rent is undoubtedly very great: The Committee on allowances increased the allowance under this head (the ordinary amount) in order to enable them to get off to Japan.

Hongkong offices are allowed 4 months vacation instead of tan than in most colonies.

MINUTE PAPER. 506

II The financial condition is healthy.

Hong Kong is healthier than some other colonies because it has a regular change of Season.

The arguments of this petition seem to me to be the same as those alleged for any colony - I can see no urgent ground for a general increase of pay and think that this petition should be distinctly refused, though it might be added that H.E. would always give fair

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