PARAPHRAST
TELEGRAM:
16714 Reed 30 March 17
The Governor of Hong Kong to the Secretary
of State for the Colonies.
459
(Received Colonial Office 3.50 p.m. 30th March, 1917)
Your cypher telegram communicated through Governor of
Straits Settlements with regard to Chinese Labour for
men East Africa. Thase can probably be recruited in
North China as follows:-
Interpreters 100 Mexican dollars a month, enginesmiths
65; turners, sixty; cooks, thirty-five; vulcanizera
forty-five; tinsmithe, fifty-five; carpenters forty-
five; springsmiths sixty-five; motor mechanics (or
if not available general fitters) fifty-five. Lodging
and medical attendance free. No food. Full payment
also food on both journeys. Nine hours a day work,
overtime to be paid extra. Compensation in case of
death three months' pay in case of injury, according
to circumstances, but not exceeding three months pay.
MAY.