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DRAFT.
It has not been thought desirable to include the case of the Governor in this comparative table, as the recent increase of his salary to £6,000 a year was not due to local circumstances but was a part of a general scheme for the revision of the salaries of the Governors of the more important Crown Colonies.
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In the last paragraph of the memorandum the German Government enquire whether "the British Government have already adopted or propose to adopt similar measures in respect of their officials in China." This question is one which mainly concerns the Foreign Office, but I am to observe that the Hong Kong system has been adopted in Weihaiwei, with the consent of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, and that Lord Elgin understands that the Commissioners of Works were recently considering the question of