Hisily Remittance & point out that the existing
Exchange Compensation rules only apply to those Countries at the time of their being based
on
A
currency
gold Standard in the same way as laid
down in the case
of the Rates of Exchange for Leave
& Pension in para. 1 of Despatch of January last on
Straits
22006
(
No. 302.
[17
G.W.J. 8/12
J
1
0970
Ped
19
220
Goverment House,
Hong Kong,
1st
November, 1899.
Sir,
I have the honour to request you to inform me as to whether India may now be considered a gold-using country for purposes of granting exchange compensation
to the Indians employed in the Civil Service of this Colony,
and if so I shall be glad to know at what rate the allowance
should be paid.
The Right Honourable
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,
&c.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your Most Obedient
Humble Servant,
GOVERNOR &c.
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Exchange Compensation rules only apply to those Countries at the time of their being based
on
A currency gold Standard in the same way as laid
down in the case of the Rates of Exchange for Leave
& Pension in para. 1 of Despatch of January last on
Straits 22006
(No. 302.
[17 G.W.J. 8/12
J 1 0970
Ped 19 220
Goverment House, HongKong, 1st November, 1899.
Sir,
I have the honour to request you to inform me as to whether India may now be considered a gold-using country for purposes of granting exchange compensation to the Indians employed in the Civil Service of this Colony, and if so I shall be glad to know at what rate the allowance should be paid.
The Right Honourable JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P., &c.
I have the honour to be, Sir, Your Most Obedient Humble Servant,
GOVERNOR &c.
Page 1
is not needed as per the original scan, the correct response isHisily Remittance & point out that the existing
Exchange Compensation rules only apply to those Countries at the time of their being based
on
A currency gold Standard in the same way as laid
down in the case of the Rates of Exchange for Leave
& Pension in para. 1 of Despatch of January last on
Straits 22006
(No. 302.
[17 G.W.J. 8/12
J 1 0970
Ped 19 220
Goverment House, HongKong, 1st November, 1899.
Sir,
I have the honour to request you to inform me as to whether India may now be considered a gold-using country for purposes of granting exchange compensation to the Indians employed in the Civil Service of this Colony, and if so I shall be glad to know at what rate the allowance should be paid.
The Right Honourable JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P., &c.
I have the honour to be, Sir, Your Most Obedient Humble Servant,
GOVERNOR &c.