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sir,
51650
Goverment House
Hongkong,(17). April, 1903.
TEN
POR
USE
EASTERN
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COLONIAL
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OFFIB
I have the honour to acknowledge the re-
ceipt of your Despatch No. 16 of the 16th. of January last,
and to state that I have duly noted your instructions that the
Sterling Salaries Scheme is to be amended by including in it
all non-clerical posts the salaries of which exceed $1,200
per annum; that Officers whose posts are included in the
Sterling Salaries Scheme, but who, having been appointed before
August, 1901, do not elect to come under the Scheme, and who
are not entitled to Exchange Compensation not being domiciled
in Europe, should receive a non-pensionable addition of 25%
to their salaries; and that all Officers appointed after the
beginning of August, 1901, to posts in the Sterling Salaries
Scheme, amended as above, are to be brought under the Scheme
regardless of the question whether or not they would have
been entitled to Exchange Compensation.
2.
I have now to forward the enclosed
statement of the non-clerical posts with salaries exceeding
$1,200 per annum which should be added to the Sterling Scheme.
The salary proposed for the post of Cashier in the
Treasury is the equivalent of the dollar salary converted at
2/-.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
Mir.
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,
&C..
&C..