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the 11th December, in which he submitted a scheme of sterling salaries.
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In despatches to Sir F. Lugard, the numbers and dates of which are noted in the margin, and of which you have no doubt already received copies from him, I have explained my views as to how far and in what way officers who entered the service before last August should be affected by the introduction of the sterling scheme.
The decision at which I have arrived may be summed up by saying that within six months from the publication of the sterling scheme, officers will be allowed, without any discrimination on the part of Government, a free choice between coming under the scheme or continuing to receive, during the rest of their service in Hong Kong, salaries fixed in dollars, as at present, with the addition of double exchange compensation.
The choice will be final, except that an officer who elects to remain on a dollar salary, and § his.
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