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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
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40082.
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No. 77.
COLONIAL OFFICE to WAR OFFICE.
[Answered as to par. 2 by 41910: not printed, and as to pars. 4, 5, and 6, by No. 78.] SIR,
Downing Street, December 18, 1900.
I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 6th instant,* agreeing to the proposal that the Civil Administration of Wei-Hai-Wei shall be taken over by this Department on the 1st proximo.
2.
As it is desirable that Colonel Dorward should be put into communication with this Department as early as possible, Mr. Chamberlain would be glad if Mr. Secretary Brodrick would be good enough to cause a telegram to the following effect to be sent to Colonel Dorward:-
"Civil Administration will be taken over by Colonial Office from 1st January next. From that date you should report on all civil matters direct to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and telegrams can be at once sent direct to that office."
3. As soon as the Draft Order in Council for the Administration of Wei-Hai-Wei, in regard to which a further letter will shortly be addressed to you, has received Her Majesty's approval, Mr. Chamberlain proposes to inform Colonel Dorward by telegram that, with his consent, his name will be submitted to Her Majesty for appointment as Commissioner of the Dependency.
4. Mr. Chamberlain understands that Colonel Dorward's present allowance from War Office Funds is somewhat over £1,300 a year, and that a certain proportion of this total amount is given as a lodging allowance. Before further considering the salary which should be attached to the post of Commissioner, Mr. Chamberlain would be glad to know how much of Colonel Dorward's present cmoluments is regarded as lodging allowance, as that payment would presumably cease when quarters have been built for the Commissioner."
5. I am also to ask what part of Colonel Dorward's pay should be regarded as an entertainment allowance, which would be drawn in full by his locum tenens, during his absence from the Dependency; and whether it is desired that the whole of his emoluments should be borne on the Colonial Office Vote.
6. As at present advised, Mr. Chamberlain is disposed, with Mr. Brodrick's con- currence, to ask the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to fix Colonel Dorward's total emoluments, including lodging and entertainment allowances, at about £1,500 a year.
1262.
SIR,
No. 78.
I am,
WAR OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received January 11, 1901.)
&c.,
C. P. LUCAS.
War Office, London, S.W., January 10, 1901. WITH reference to the enquiries made in your letter of the 18th ultimo.t 40082/1900, as to the emoluments of Colonel Dorward, Royal Engineers, as Commis- sioner of Wei-Hai-Wei, I am directed by the Secretary of State for War to acquaint you, for the information of Mr. Secretary Chamberlain, that the above-named officer has received pay at £2 10s. (two pounds, ten shillings), a day, with an allowance of £1 is. a day to cover all expenses, except those of locomotion. The total yearly rate of payment is thus £1,295 15s. Od.
No portion of the above amount is given as lodging allowance, but half of the special rate of £1 1s. may be taken as representing this allowance, and no part of Colonel Dorward's pay can be regarded as an entertainment allowance.
Mr. Secretary Brodrick has no objection to the proposal which Mr. Chamberlain intends to make to the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury in regard to Colonel Dorward's pay, and he desires me to state that the whole of such emoluments should be borne by the Colonial Office [? Services] Vote.
I am, &c.,
• No. 76.
FRANK T. MARZIALS.
† No. 77.
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SIR,
93
No. 79.
COLONIAL OFFICE to TREASURY.
War Office, 6th Dec. 1900. To War Office, 18th Dec. 1900. War Office, 20th Dec. 1900.
[Ansiered by No. 81.]
Downing Street, January 11, 1901. WITH reference to previous correspondence regarding the Civil Administration of Wei-Hai-Wei, I am directed by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain to transmit to you, to be laid before the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, the enclosed copy of correspondence* with the War Office, from which their Lordships will perceive that it has been arranged that the Civil Administration shall be taken over by this Department as from the 1st instant; and that as soon as the necessary Order in Council has been passed the name of Major- General Dorward, C.B., D.S.O., will be submitted to the Queen for formal appoint- ment as the first Commissioner.
2. A Draft Order in Council providing for the exercise of the Queen's jurisdiction in Wei-Hai-Wei is at present under the consideration of the Law Officers of the Crown.
3. Owing to the delay which has taken place in making the preliminary arrange- ments, Mr. Chamberlain regrets that it has not been found possible to frame a detailed estimate of the revenue and expenditure of the Civil Administration of Wei-Hai-Wei. An approximate estimate has, however, been made of the requirements of the Civil Administration for the financial year 1901-2. This estimate is based upon that
furnished in paragraph 36 of Sir Frank Swettenham's report, a copy of which was forwarded in the letter from this Department of the 9th October last; † but certain modifications have been made, which are described in detail below. Their Lordships will observe that this estimate, as explained by Sir Frank Swettenham in para- graphs 34 and 35 of his report, has been carefully restricted to the lowest point com- patible with efficiency.
4. From the enclosed letter to the War Office, of the 18th ultimo,‡ (to which no answer on this point has as yet been received), it will be seen that the sum suggested for the Commissioner's salary is £1,500 a year. This includes a lodging allowance, which it is presumed he will cease to draw on entering upon the occupation of his official quarters. Mr. Chamberlain proposes that the Commissioner shall at present act also as Judge, but the first draft of the Order in Council contemplated a separate Judge, and the Law Officers may still think that such an appointment should at once be made.
5. Owing to the decision to appoint a Military Commissioner, it will be necessary, for the reasons pointed out in paragraphs 25 and 26 of Sir Frank Swettenham's report, to appoint an experienced Civil Assistant Commissioner, familiar with the Chinese language and people, and capable of discharging magisterial duties; and Mr. Cham- berlain is of opinion that the services of such an officer could not be secured for less than £500 a year, in addition to free quarters or an allowance in lieu.
6. The appointment of an Assistant Commissioner would enable the salary of the proposed Financial Clerk to be reduced to £180 a year, as proposed in paragraph 29 of Sir F. Swettenham's report.§
7. Mr. Chamberlain, after carefully considering Sir F. Swettenham's views, has decided not to treat the Administration of Liu-Kung-Tau for financial purposes as separate from that of the mainland; and the estimated revenue and expenditure of the island should therefore be included in the general estimate for the Dependency.
8. Sir Frank Swettenham's separate estimate for the island will be found in paragraph 19 of his report. I am to point out, however, that as the Commissioner himself would act as Magistrate for the island, no special allowance would be required on account of the "Naval Commander-in-Charge." I am also to call attention to the despatch from Colonel Prendergast, forwarded to the Treasury in the War Office letter of the 28th November last," from which their Lordships will perceive that the Municipal Funds" of Liu-Kung-Tau only amount to some £240 a year at present, and are fully appropriated to sanitary and other expenses. It is obvious that the pay of the police cannot, as originally suggested, be met from this source. Moreover, for the reasons put forward in paragraph 7 of Colonel Prendergast's despatch, Mr. Cham- berlain is unwilling to reduce the strength of the force, as contemplated by Sir Frank
Nos. 76, 77, and 41910: not printed. † No. 62. ‡ No. 77. § No. 52. | No. 73.