by
The
Hing King,
Straits Settlements onglet
to be
Equally enjoyed
civil service of
where The
Expenses of
living
Greater
Than
in the Shaits
HONG KONG
No
49
Littlements, and medical
attendance formes for
Lone
families
in Their
Тим не
Expenditure.
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Sir
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For consideration.
lif they wish;
HỒNG SONG
B/9652.
Sir,
March 1902.
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I have the honour to acknowledge the
receipt of your despatch No 40 of the 28th of JAN:
Anod Quays:
ast and to inform you that
but, 'refore the Trivilege is actually conceded, I shall be glad to be cassured that it will not entail any In additional salary on the act of the
Claim
montr
existing governmen medical officers
*
having consulted
Sir H. A. Blake, I
am prepared to approve
the proposal that all officers of the Hong long
Service should receive gratuitous medical
attendance.
2. I would s44gest the adoption of
the rules in force in the Straits Settle-
ments, under which the wives and families
of Govt: officers are entitled to receive
medical aid and medicines gratuitously at
the Govt: hospitals but are not entitled
•
to gratuitous attendance at their own residences.
BL
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I am not aware whether ther
wives and families of Hong Kong officers,
whose salaries are less than $2000 a year,
now