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TELEGRAM.
From the Governor of Hong Kong to the
Secretary of State for the Colonies.
Dated 1st September
(Received Colonial Office 12.40 p.m.1st September,
1917.
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Unofficial Members of Council unanimously request me to forward their following recommendatie begins. We surnestly request fovernor to ur p by telegraph in view of exceptional rise in silver currancy pay of naval and military establishments should be converted to dollars at fixed rate of
as from July 1st, Dollar pay already diminis ing more than one third from this cause with result that it has been necessary to supplement by private subscriptions official starling allowance to viros
lower and fandlies of military rank. Local companies mode of dealing with sterling salaries is this principle. Expenditure involved at ourrent rate of exchange approximately 30,000 dollars monthly. Rise in silver has already increased by more than one third sterling value of colony's annual contri- bution. We suggest that Celonial Goverments should offer (1)that if Admiralty and War Office are not prepared to undertake expense colony will do so for period of war, We urge strongly that in si ther
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