No. 15
C.
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33734
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONG KONG,
9th January, 1934.
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Sir,
With reference to your despatch No.345
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of the 7th September, 1933, on the subject of the class + P34 44/353
of steamer passage for which certain officers of this Government are eligible I have the honour to inform you
that I have considered the question in accordance with
the third paragraph of your despatch.
2.
The number of officers affected by the
change in the rules regarding class of passage amounts
to five only, namely, three Assistant Analysts, one
Assistant Auditor, and the Professional Assistant at
the Royal Observatory. The last is a new appointment on the scale £500 to £800, and the holder joined the
service after the introduction of the new rule; but it
would be difficult to deny him the benefit of any
concession which might be granted to the petitioners.
3.
Nevertheless, although the concessions
now asked for would not in practice involve much addi-
tional expenditure, and although I do not anticipate
similar requests from officers other than those I have
mentioned, I have been brought reluctantly
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
SIR P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER, G.B.E., M.C., M.P.
to
&C.
&c.,
&C.,