No.
NUMBER AND DATE SHOULD
MÉ QUOTED IN REFERENCE TO THIS LETTER
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462
KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY,
BRITISH SECTION,
HONGKONG.
5th
June, 191 8.
1. I have the honour to approach you on the question of
Duty Fay in connection with my emoluments as the manager of the
British Section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway.
2. In the negotiations preceding my appointment the
Honourable Colonial Secretary forwarded to me under date of June
14th 1911 a copy of the despatch addressed to you on June 6th by
Fig Treellenoy the Governor requesting sanction for my appoint-
ment on certain terms one of which is as follows:-
(b) "the salary will be equivalent to a rate of
"2800 to £1,000 by £100 triennially approximately,
"but I propose to express it in terms of Duty Pey,
"and to include the post in the new arrangement of
"Sterling Salaries (with Duty Pay) which I am about
"to submit to you in a separate despatch."
and on July 13th I was duly notified of your approval of my
appointment and concluded that the terms contained in the
despatch of June 6th had received your sanction as no further
mention was made of them.
3. From the wording of the above paragraph I sulmit that
my appointment was clearly offered to me at the salary mentioned
on the understanding that when the Duty Pay goheme came into
foroe, Duty Pay would be added. I contend that there can be no
other reading and I was therefore much surprised when I did not
receive Duty Pay on its institution. However during my