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LETTER
D.R. SERPELL, ESQ., O.B.E.,
TREASURY.
(15 on
46 File)
(18 on '46
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FURTHER ACTION.
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Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. of S.
Secretary of State.
Mr. Galoworthy's
For Miss Beston's signature
Dear M. Serpell,
Miss Ruston's
letter to
Would you please refer to
Mr. James, numbered as above, of the 12th August,
1946, about the Revised School Grant Code in
Hong Kong.
The Governor has provisionally approved
certain amendments
pothe
1941 Code full details
of which we have now received from him. The
main financial implication, namely an additional
expenditure of £7,000/per annum was discussed
n my let under feference and approved in
Mr. James' letter S52892/01 of the 20th August,
1946. The only other increased expenditure
involved in the amendments is that Heads of
Schools shall be entitled to a Charge Allowance
in addition to salary, and teachers whose
permanent domicile is outside the Far East shall receive an overseas Allowance at the rate of
£100 per annum for men and £70 per annum for
The Code lays it down that the salaries
of teachers who are graduates of approved
British Commonwealth, European or American
Universities or Training Colleges shall be at the
rate laid down for assistant teachers in the
women.
Burnham scale of 1945. The reason for this is to
keep salaries within the basis of the scales
of Missionary Societies who appoint their
•ments as teachers of G
-sided, Schools
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