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point

L

have already dealt with,

and I need not

vane/

go

over the

ground again. As to

the former, the paragraphs

are misů a di

They

nineading

20

far

A0

to imply that I

of opinion that the

civil service proper is generally overpaid. I have never expressed

that opinion, and I do not

hold it. On the contrar

unable to see

Jam

contrary any sufficient

reason for paying

the Members

of the Executive Council, for

Hongkong where

example, the cost of living

is much

higher than at duigapore on Colombo, lower rates of salary Phar. thoses drawn by the cor- responding Members of Council

than

in the Straits Settlements

Ceylon. The only apparentes- ception is the Attorney General

and it must be remembered

that he is debarred from

private practice in Hongko

Hongkong

I may further state that it

strikes ne

av anomalous !

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