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of the re

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to receive. A "dollar" cane

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they

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the dollar being

then out about

the Govern cent par of exchange, four

shillings

and two

two pence,

tro

difficulty

what its nominal equivalent in England is, they will oven thou find that it purchases for bes than its nominal equivalent would in

Britain. It is not pleasant, been the case more than once,

Great

as has

for

the

recruiting officer to be told by the

meu

on arrival that they have been Seceived as to the value of their pay. It has required considerable management to smooth down their complaints.

When the Hongkong Government först commenced to obtain Constables from Great Britain in 1871 the intention

evas that the pay should be equivalent to one hundred ponvide a year each

· arose. Hiere has since been no

but on the contrary

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redicction

upward

tendency, in the amount of wages paid to Houc Police Forces, hence I fail to see

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cau

grounds for supposing that efficient

be obtained for less. So for therefore from being

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able to concur

in any suggestion that recruits from England should be offered #400 month only, Iway mention that my being called upon for a report

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watter hav

only anticipated by a few daysage,

a.

letter that I

d to write

purposed

to the effect that I calculate that

lowards the end

of the

year

there will

be