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Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Calme 25% acending to Col. No.131)
Sir C. Parkinson.
Sir G. Tomlinson.
Sir C. Bottomley.
Sir J. Shuckburgh
Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. of S.
Secretary of State.
DRAFT.
(which, in the absence of any special reason might
to the contrary, be assessed in
same basis an
the
Tropical Africa)
FURTHER ACTION.
in Hong Kong a substantial number of
officers are in fact provided with
Government quarters, I would invite you
to consider whether the Tropical
African arrangement, as described above,
might not suitably be adopted. That is
to say, all officers of the classes now
under consideration would normally be
granted free quarters (either Government
quarters or quarters rented by the
Government on their behalf). No
deduction would be made from salary in
respect of rent, and an allowance at the
prescribed rate would be made to any
officer who for reasons approved by the
The
in
Colonial Secretary should make his own
arrangements for accommodation.
value of free quarters or house
allowance would be a pensionable
emolument.
(c) General level of salaries.
Judged by Tropical African standards,
the