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10/7/16
Secretary of State.
I think that you should see, as the
question arises of continuing the Salary Levy
for another year.
Hong Kong escaped a salary levy (to
which so many other Colonies had to submit)
during the period of general economic depression;
but its imposition became necessary in January,
1936 (when most other places were in process
of financial recovery and had restored, or were
restoring, their cuts) owing to special local
conditions arising out of the silver question.
A salary levy is necessarily a hardship,
which no one would wish to impose for a day
longer than is absolutely imperative; but in
the