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of the face will be given clearly to understand that they will

ln no case

privilege

be allowed the

$ . I am far from wishing

to

impair the position of any

branch of the

service,

but I

consider that where the terms

are considered too low, simpler, more

it is

more satisfactory

and productive of less trouble

and

misunderstanding

bad

or

to the pay directly allowances of offices, than

to allow them to make

an indirect profit out of government by remitting

at an

artificial rate of

See & of petition

exchange

-5. Similar difficulties

have arisen in

L

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Hong Kong

has

the Lieutenant governor

forwarded a petition from the

15. Constables recently engaged

for the police force of that colony

requesting

to be allowed to

the

remit at that rate

84/2.

I enclose an extract

from this petition in which

the petitioners state that

they

were

led by Mr

Inspector Hogge to