tion, it appears to me to fol- low logically that the sala
now entitled
ries of officers to exchange compensation should also be raised, be-
cause the grounds of in- crease of salary advanced
viz. the en
in_
by petitioners hanced cost of living duced by higher rents and fall in exer
in exchange in late years, apply alike to the
case
of receivers of exchan_ ge compensation who have
suffered
suffered by
causes to
reason
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of such
an extent not en
tirely covered by the advan_ tages of exchange compensa-
tion.
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The revenue of the Colc.
will not bear this addi_ tional charge unless recourse
is had to extra taxation.
It will be
10.
conve
nient in this despatch to deal also with the petition
of
the Chinese Civil Servants. I
transmit here
I accordingly
with