$12.
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capacity. It has been stipulated, however, that in no
can any claim to exemption from liability
circumstances
to income tax on the fees paid be entertained.
3.
In addition, the travelling expenses of the Chief
Justice from Hongkong to Shanghai together with a subsistence
allowance of twelve dollars a night while he is detained in
Shanghai would be payable from Imperial funds.
4.
I am to enquire whether Mr. Amery concurs in this
arrangement outlined above, and whether it will be acceptable
to the Government of Hongkong and to the Chief Justice of
that Colony.
I am,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
automer