No. 291.
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Jinsel (2)
Sir,
RECEN
12 JUN 1934
C. O. RECY
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONG KONG,
7th May, 1934.
With reference to my despatch No.267 of the
4th May, 1933, on the subject of the gift to this
Government by the Chinese Public Dispensaries Committee
of the Tsan Yuk Hospital I have the honour to request your
covering approval of certain alterations in the salaries of
the Hospital Staff which have been considered desirable in
order to bring these into line with the rates of payment in
other Government Hospitals.
2.
Provision for these salaries will be found
on page 65 of the Estimates for 1934 based upon the salaries
previously paid to these officers by the Dispensaries'
Committee. In addition the Committee provided the Staff
with food estimated to cost $12 a month in the case of
Nurses, and $9 a month in the case of Amahs. A sum of
$2,880 was included under Head 22 Subhead 19 of the 1934
Estimates to cover this expenditure.
3.
The system whereby free messing was provided
has now been discontinued and the salaries of the Staff have
been adjusted in compensation. The scale proposed for
nurses $540 x 60 720 is considered adequate, and it is
proposed rather than raise the scale to grant a personal
allowance to the three senior midwives in order that they
may not lose by transfer to Government service. It has been
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
SIR P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER, G.B.E., M.C., M.P.,
&c.,
&c.,
&C.,
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