DRAFT.
Sir W. Robinson K.C.M.G.
No. 314
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H.Kong 22993
MINUTE.
Mr. Johnson 12 Dec Mr. Fairfield 172:
Mr. Wingfield.
Mr. Bramston.
× Mr. Meade. 20
Sir R. Herbert.
Baron de Worms.
Lord Knutsford.
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my
minute
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Sir,
Downing Street,
22 recember 1891.
I have the honour to acknowledge
the receipt of Major General Barker's
despatch No 342 of 24th October last,
regarding certain officers whose sa-
laries were not increased under the
recent scheme providing for a general
increase of salaries.
as
2. H-was proposed in par.5 of
Sir W. Des Voeux's despatch No 389 of
23rd December 1889 that the scheme
Was
should not be applied to labourers,
coolies and messengers, but with those
exceptions it was intended that offi-
cers drawing small salaries should
participate with the rest of the ser-
the vice in the advantages of ceneral
scheme unless they had previously and
recently received equivalent benefits.
General Barker now draws my attention to the supposed fact that officers with