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Indian ex-soldier guards required.
Guards now consist of:-
I.
9 British Police.
II.
84 Northern Chinese Guards.
III. 42 Indian Guards.
No. 1s @
Guards @
IV. 30 Russian Guards.
Sergeants @
Rank & File @
The Anti-Piracy
£360 per annum each
or
£ 30 per mensem each.
$444.00 per annum each
or
$37.00 per mensem each.
$480.00 per annum each
or
$40.00 per mensem each.
$456.00 per annum each
or
$38.00 per mensem each
$1080.00 per annum each
or
$90.00 per mensem each.
$780.00 per annum each
or
$65.00 per mensem each
(exclusive of ration allowance of $1.00 per
day ashore in Hong Kong).
Free rations are supplied on board to the British and
Russian Guards. The Indians carry their own food
which is paid for by the Shipping Companies (i.e. ration
allowance $7.00 per Guard per mensem). The Chinese
are charged $8.50 per mensem each by the Shipping Company
but receive a hard lying allowance of $2.00 per mensen
each, paid by the Shipping Company. When ashore in
Hong Kong the Russian Guards receive $1.00 per day ration
allowance and in out ports their rations are supplied at
fixed rates which are debited to the Shipping Company.
When ashore in out-ports the following charges are made
by Government for housing and feeding the Guards: -
British Police...