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already

M

cerved their

die weight in the two other teastion Colonias

of Ceylon and the straits

Settlements, and it is

obviously equitable

that

the principles applied

in these Colonce's should

aler

Hong-

be applied to Hong

When twenty per

cent was

added

Ceylon to the salaries

of certain offices, the

, in future, receive their

leave salarie's

and

pensions at for the

Rupee, instead of 27-

Similarly

Set He mento

Dollar

the Straits

rate of the

has been

I reduce d

from 4/3 to 44 in the case

of all officers

newly

appointed or rece

seaiving

dubstantial promotion

i

absequent to 1876; and gaini

benefit was

ae

companied

by the condition that

the recipients should

in

within the last few months,

on the

occasion of the

salories of certain

classes of office e

berry