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My Lord,
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONG KONG. 16th April, 1930.
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I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Your
31a62058 Lordship's despatch No.320 of 9th December, 1929, relative to the
allowances to be paid to candidates selected for appointment as
Marine Surveyors in Hong Kong while undergoing courses of
instruction with the Board of Trade and to state that the Board of
Trade would appear to have been misinformed as to the facts
regarding Hong Kong candidates, who have all to date received by
way of training allowance the full amount of their prospective
initial salaries, i.e. £460 per annum which cannot properly be
described as "quite inadequate" (See letter from Mercantile Marine Endl. 28 Department, Board of Trade, to Crown Agents dated 19th November,
1929).
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2. I an addressing Your Lordship in a separate despatch
on the effect of the Hong Kong scale of allowance on the status of
the officers concerned, but would suggest that for future
candidates the practice of the Board of Trade with regard to its
own recruits should be strictly followed in all respects both as
to pay and status.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LORD PASSFIELD,
I have the honour to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient,
humble servant,
W.D. Southoch
Officer Administering the Goverment.
&c.,
&C.,
&c.