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loon and the New Territories.
Pending the provision of
a new permanent Post Office in Kowloon which has had to
be deferred owing to the financial condition of the Colony,
the premises previously occupied by Messrs. Alex Ross &
Company as a garage will be used as a temporary Post
Office. It will be observed that under Sub-Head 8
Rent of Branch Offices - $6,000 additional is provided
for next year.
This is really an interdepartmental
payment as the land on which the Garage stands is railway
land and the $6,000 will be paid to the Kowloon-Canton
Railway. It is hoped that the additional expenditure
referred to will go some way to meet the desires of the
residents of Kowloon for increased postal facilities.
A personal allowance of £50 per annum to the
Superintendent of Mails was granted with the approval of
the Secretary of State for the Colonies from the date of
the death of the senior Assistant Superintendent of Mails.
It has been continued in anticipation of the further
approval of the Secretary of State.
Oing to the obscurity as to the immediate
future of the Goverment wireless telegraph services
there is practically no change in respect of Wireless
Services for next year.
Head 9 Imports and Exports.
The partial re-arming of Revenue Officers
with Webley-Scott revolvers has become necessary owing
to the gradual deterioration of the weapons now in use
Some of which have already been condemned as unservice-
able.