No.
900
Jan
DESPATCH.
C.O.
275
6491
M
Reel 27 FEB Or
HONG KONG
No. 6491
(Subject.)
Salaries of Police
REC
vious Paper.
sendo minute, concurred in
be to & Exeo Cal, that
increased
granted are not adequate :
Jokunow
M Six to Hamilton
It was
3--350044-12-05
ent, Paper.
(Minutes.)
You will see on 29485, the increases
89
of pay to which we have already agreed.
I pind from Straits Selts & the Hongkong If lus hocks that
a comparison between then
what Mr may says as to the
greater
rapidity of promotion in the Police Force
of the former Colony appears to be substantially true. I suppose also there is a good deal in what he says
as to the greater expense
of living & the disadvantage of Hongkong in
the matter of
health.
I am therefore inclined to think that we shall
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