No. 3077/20
Q: PMC
NUMBER AND DATE SHOULD
BE QUOTED IN REFERENCE TO THIS LETTER
TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS
" SECRETARY.HONGKONG?'
GOVT., A.B.C. 5TH EDN.,&
BENTLEY'S 2ND PHRASE CODE.
AIR MAIL.
6.19
COLONIAL SEcretary's ofFICE,
HONG KONG,
28th March, 1938.
Dear Gent,
Thank you for your letter of 23rd February.
Butterfield's have not actually been supplying
us with their cost of living figures every quarter
but they have now arranged to do so and we will
forward copies by airmail as soon as received.
し
We are still finding things very pleasant.
Wars and epidemics have very little effect on ordinary
activities and we have not experienced anything
of the state of seige in which some of the English
papers have imagined Hong Kong to be living. The
weather is still keeping reasonably cool and although
the mist is sometimes unpleasant we have yet to
experience any really nasty weather.
Yours sincerely,
S. Came Cine
G. E. J. Gent, Esq., 0.B.E.,
Colonial Office,
London.