its terms as in deephesin
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14372/93
in consequenc
21725/43 Jun
of further fall in exchange, but that this proposal has not
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accept carried into pending report
4427);
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Clerkrist # wages;
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Ithought they were all - like the
soldiers - paid sterling wages at Treasuing rate of Exchange ]
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Any further communication on this subject should be addressed to~~
The Under Secretary of State,
War Office,
Pall Mall,
London, S. W.
and the following number quoted.
Hong Kong ô/3493
Sir,
C.O.
12639 Rect R 21 s
War Office,
350
Pall Mall, S.W.
20th July, 1894.
I am directed by the Secretary of State for War
to transmit for your perusal the enclosed copy of
correspondence from the General Officer Commanding the
Troops in China and Hong Kong, relative to the pay of certain civilian subordinates at Hong Kong in the employ
of this Department.
I am particularly to call your atten-
tion to the statement of the Officer Commanding, Army
Service Corps Hong Kong, in his minute of the 19th March
f
last, and to request that you will be good enough to favour
Mr Secretary Campbell-Bannerman with any information you
1
may possess as to what increases if any have recently
been granted to members of the Civil Service in China in
consideration of the depreciation in the value of silver
and on what principle such increases have been calculated
I am,
e Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office, S. W.
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
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