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on the foil the amount of the advance made and on the counterfoil the receipt of the officer for the amount advanced :-
ADVANCES TO SUBORDINATE
No.
OFFICERS AT 6%
25202
1.
No.
REC
REG 29 MAY 16
Name of Officer
of the
Department
Amount advanced
Date advanced
Department, have received from the
Government of the Straits Settlements
an advance of $
Enclosure 2.
CONFIDENTIAL.
CIRCULAR. No, 16.
544
25202
RECE REG 29 MAY 16!
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE,
Hongkong, 2ud. July, 1915.
To be refunded by monthly instalments
of $
at 6% interest, to be repaid by monthly
instalments of $
Date,
(Signed)
11. Circulars, O. A. 485/10 of the 8th March, 1910, No. 15 of the 31st August, 1911, and the Circular letter O. A. 485/10 of the 24th March, 1910, are hereby cancelled.
" I
By His Excellency's Command,
request that the sum of
R. J. WILKINSON,
SCHEDULE.
Colonial Secretary,
Straits Settlements.
(name and office)
may be advanced to me by
per annum.
1. His Excellency the Governor has noticed with regret the numerous eases in which members of the subordinate service run into debt and have recourse to money-lenders. Such financial embarrassment, besides impairing the efficiency of officers, is not creditable to members of the public service and causes them to lose their self respect and independence.
His Excellency, with a view to assisting members of the subordinate service to pay off their debts, and to keep free from debt in future, is prepared to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies to sanction the granting of advances. Such advances will bear interest at the rate of 6 per cent per annum and will be repayable by such monthly instalments as His Excellency may direct.
3. Every application for an advance must be made in the form set out in the schedule, and it must contain a full statement of the officer's indebtedness. The form when filled up should be forwarded to the Colonial Secretary, and should be accompanied by a statement by the Head of the applicant's department that he is satisfied after full enquiry of the bond of the application.
4. It is desirable that every subordinate officer who is in debt shoul.! send in an application as the Government must be in a position to know the approximate sun for which it would be liable before any stops can be takon to initiate the scheme.
the Government at 6% interest. My salary is $
I require this advance to meet the liabilities stated hereunder, and I certify that this statement is a full and complete statement of my liabilities and correctly discloses my financial position-
Date,
(here insert statement)
191
(Signature of Applicant.)"
C. S. or R. C.,
"I have enquired into this application and annex a memorandum giving the result of the enquiry, and I recommend that $
the applicant, to be repaid by him by monthly instalments of $
be advanced to
Date,
191
TREASURER,
"Application approved. Please advance $
to be repaid in monthly instalments of $
Date,
191
(Signed) Head of Department.
(Signed) Colonial Secretary or
Resident Councillor,"
Heads of Departments.
By Command,
CLAUD SEVERN,
Colonial Secretary.