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attached to the post, in the event of the appointment of
Mr. Hallifax, I have the honour to state that Mr. Hallifax
did not accept the sterling salary scheme and is there-
-fore under General Order No. 39 (5) (page 211 of the
Hongkong Civil List) entitled to have the salary of any
appointment, to which he is promoted, fixed in dollars.
The stering pay of Deputy Superintendent of Police is
£600 rising to £720 by £40 triennially with free quarters
and $360 conveyance allowance. That is to say,
the post
is in Class II and you will see from the sterling salary
scheme (printed in Hongkong Civil List, e.g. pages 148,
152, and 158) that the corresponding dollar pay is $4,800
to $5,400 by $300 triennially. Mr. Hallifax informs me
that he would welcome appointment to the post of Deputy
Superintendent of Police at a salary of $4,800 to $5,4
400
by $300 triennially with free quarters and $360 conveyance
allowance: and he has also pointed out unless he is given
this salary, he would suffer pecuniary less by accepting
the post as the existing dollar salary of District Officer
in the New Territories is equivalent to £630 per annum with
free furnished quarters and a travelling allowance of $480
a year. In these circumstances I recommend that the post
should be offered to Mr. Hallifax at a salary of $4,800
to
$5,
400