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The Colonial Secretary moved
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"That this Council approves the further modification, with
effect on and from the 1st day of July, 1931, of its
Resolution of the 19th June, 1930, on the Salaries Commission
Report (set out on page 58 of the Hong Kong Hansard for 1930). as modified by its Resolution of the 29th January, 1931, (set out on page 3 of the Hong Kong Hansard for 1931) as follows : (a) by the addition after the words 'Hong Kong Treasury
rate' at the end of the proviso, of the words 'where
the Government Servant concerned has not a wife or child (under the age of 21 years) in a gold currency country.
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by the addition of the following further provisoes:- "Provided also that where the Government Servant
concerned has a wife or has a single child (under the age of 21 years) in a gold currency country his salary be paid as to three-eighths thereof at the rate of 1/6d to the dollar and as to the other five-eighths at the prevailing Hong Kong Treasury rate.
Provided further that where the Government Servant concerned has a wife and child or children (under the age of 21 years)
or has two or more such children in a gold currency country
his salary be paid as to one quarter there of at the rate of 1/6d to the dollar and as to the other three quarters at the prevailing Hong Kong Treasury rate".
He said The resolution which I am about to
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propose is the result of correspondence between the Government and the Secretary of State for the Colonies, on the subject of affording some relief to those officers on sterling salaries for whom the payment of half salary at the current rate of exchange and half at 1/6d does not appear sufficient, in view of heavy sterling commitments.
There must, of course, be cases of officers
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