ülut
Recventated in ace, with in Cadors minute
of 7.3.31.
81
There have been no considerable changes
in H.K.
carvery
in a year's
year's time.
го
for. Bring of again
JACalder
12.5·32
tou
Brought up.
KAO.
2.5.33.
There is now no likelihood
of any curvery
changes which will affect the value of the H.K.
dollar. That dollar will fluctuate with the
value of silver & is now
1/4/2-1/5 . Hence
$4000 is at fresent much too large.
the equivalent of £200.
The that question
is whether it. General
order No. 4 should be allowed to stand. At
ans that in the case
fresent
it means
of
the
dollar salaried posts in H.
H. Kay
are
equivalents for the proposes of Cole Ray. 17 as
замерабраков
£440. Iam disinclined
about ₤270 + ₤440
to raise the matter.
2 b
?
Putly Iflulder...33
Gut.
4-5
4.5·33
8
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Page
A CONFIDENTIAL.
25 ER1931
3.
9
age 9
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG, 21st January, 1931.
J
B
10
My Lord,
I have the honour to acknowledge the
receipt of Your Lordship's confidential telegram of the 8th of January, 1931, and to inform Your Lordship that I have accordingly adopted $4,000 and $6,600 as the dollar equivalents of £200 and £400 respectively, for the purposes of Colonial Regulation No.17.
I have the honour to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient,
humble servant,
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LORD PASSFIELD,
&c.,
&C.,
&c.
Governor, &c.
age 9