HONG KONG
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Hong Kong
DRAFT.
Sir,
Conf
Sir F.D.Lugard
Mr.
Mr.
MINUTE.
Stubbs 20/8(
Fiddos 2
29 Aug 1907
I have the honour to ack the receipt
of Mr May's confidential despatch of
June 27th in which he advocates a general increase to the sterling salaries
of officers of the Cadet Service in Hong
Kong on the ground that they compare
unfavourably with those drawn by officers
who are in receipt of dollar salaries
with double exchange compensation.
2
Mr. Just.
Mr. Antrobus.
Mr. Cox.
Mr. Lucas.
Sir F. Hopwood.
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1. The 21.0
The Earl of Elgin.
The sterling
salaries were intended primarily for officers
who entered the service after the
introduction of the sterling scheme,
the object of the new system being to
avoid as far as possible the disadvantages
incident to a fluctuating dollar.
It was not intended that they should
necessarily be equal to the dollar salaries
with double exchange compensation,
drawn by officers already in the service,
and any comparison with those salaries
should be left out of account, the only
question to be considered whether the
salaries paid afford adequate remuneration
for the duties performed. Taking into
consideration the general scale of sal-