CO129-226 - Acting Governor Marsh - 1886 [4-5] — Page 207

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that there will be mine vacancies

in the European Free next Autumn, and recommending for the reasons stated by him that these recruits

promised the equivalent

dollars of one hundred a sterling.

in

year.

100.

I have laid this-

report before the Excentive Connoil

and I beg to report that I

unable to recommend it.

Do di

ann

764

Z

at present rates of £99.5.0. But for

the

reasons stated in

my-despatch

No82 of 18th March last. Irecommend

an

uniform

rate

of #540 a

year.

of the actual rate of the dollar is stated to the recruits, and the fact

recorded on their agreements, 20 that

they cannot deny

it

on

arrival.

here, I do not anticipate any

trouble.

There

appears

to be

3.

difficulty in procuring recruits for the Wonghong Volice even at

$480 a

year, which is the equivalent

at

I have obtained from

1.

the Government of Singapore memorandum of the rates of pay and other privileges of the European

Police

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