Saving.
From the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
To the Officer Administering the Government of
Date
No.
Saving.
tho
(ose serving on contract or tempor ry artement.
I would also agree to exelus.n, us recom ended in pera innah 19% of eport, of :-
7.
(c)
(ck
olice of i ers who is tired welvaa the tyre of 45, and
officers who have resignol or have been
discharged Tran til service in tween 1st January 1947 am the date of announcement of approval of the recommendeta 046.
If however you still consigur it desirable to follow the Salaries vaission recommentation in this matter I shall de prepured to agree provided you consider that representations such as those referred to in arsgraphs 3 and 4 above can be satisfactorily answered. I consider howover that any ďîficer on leave on let January, 1947 pending transfer should in any case be given the benefit of the revised terms.
I presume that date to be taken as date of quouncement of "final approvel of the recomendations" for the purposes of the first sentence of para. 194 of the Auport will in fact be the date of the announcement in Hong Kong of my approval to the main recommendations of the Report relating to salaries and allowances conveyed in my telegrams No. 1976 and 1977 of the 30th December 17. Please confirm this and inform me of the exact date.
EXCAP.
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