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propose to accept any remuneration for your
services, and he desires me to convey
to you an expression of his appreciation,
and of the grateful thanks of the Government
of Hong Kong for this generous decision.
3.
You will be provided with
passages to and from the Colony, and your
subsistance and travelling expenses in
connection with the enquiry will be
refunded to you by Government.
It is purpose
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that the
terms of reference of the
enquiry will be as follows:-
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To investigate the whole question
of harbour facilities, organisation and
administration at Hong Kong, having
regard to the existing system of pier
leases, which are due to expire in ten
years' time; and, in the light of
physical, economic and political conditions,
to make recommendations for measures by
which the port could in future be
developed and controlled to the best
advantage of all persons and interests
dependent
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15,000 7/38 T.S. 695 1/39 TS. 695
20,000
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