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TREASURY CHAMBERS,

26 January 1893

488 93 1528 Ver 30 JAN 93

Sir,

The Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury direct me to enclose for the information of the Marquis of Ripon, a copy of a letter from the Admiralty, of the 10th instant, proposing to give a Lodging Allowance, during 22 weeks of the year, to the Naval Commodore at Hong Kong.

My Lords, in accordance with the usual practice regarding Local Allowances, consider that the amount should be fixed in Local currency; i.e. in Dollars not sterling; and They would ask you to move the Secretary of State to cause them to be informed what would be a suitable weekly sum in Dollars to allow for the Lodging of an Officer of Commodore's rank in Hong Kong.

In the reply to this Letter the following Number should be quoted.

488

...

at the Treasury rate of Exchange (29) 1.5. $23 say $244 would be a moderate allowance

? Reply that Lord Ripon opinion that the rate proposed £3.3 converted into dollars

would ... unreasonable allowance would be according

Draft for coum acco on verbal instructions,

the Colon geta at Hauskang viz. 199 Calendar week present in of

I am,

Sir,

Your obedient servant,

Rewelly

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office,

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TREASURY CHAMBERS,

26 January 1893

488 93 1528 Ver 30 JAN 93

Sir,

In the reply to this Letter the following Number should be quoted.

488

at the Treasury rate of Exchange (29) 1.5. $23 say $244 would be a moderate allowance

? Reply that Lord Ripon opinion that the rate proposed £3.3 converted into dollars

would be an unreasonable allowance according

Draft for coum acco on verbal instructions,

the Colon geta at Hauskang viz. 199 Calendar week present in of

I am,

Sir,

Your obedient servant,

Rewelly

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office,

Page...

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TREASURY CHAMBERS, 26 January 1893 488 93 1528 Ver 30 JAN 93 Sir, The Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury direct me to enclose for the information of the Marquis of Ripon, a copy of a letter from the Admiralty, of the 10th instant, proposing to give a Lodging Allowance, during 22 weeks of the year, to the Naval Commodore at Hong Kong. My Lords, in accordance with the usual practice regarding Local Allowances, consider that the amount should be fixed in Local currency; i.e. in Dollars not sterling; and They would ask you to move the Secretary of State to cause them to be informed what would be a suitable weekly sum in Dollars to allow for the Lodging of an Officer of Commodore's rank in Hong Kong. In the reply to this Letter the following Number should be quoted. 488 90 ... at the Treasury rate of Exchange (29) 1.5. $23 say $244 would be a moderate allowance ? Reply that Lord Ripon opinion that the rate proposed £3.3 converted into dollars would ... unreasonable allowance would be according Draft for coum acco on verbal instructions, the Colon geta at Hauskang viz. 199 Calendar week present in of I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, Rewelly The Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office, Page ... (Three lines at the bottom indicating the end of the page) The revised response is formatted according to the rules, with the original text transformed into HTML using `` for paragraphs. The text has been proofread for spelling errors, spacing issues, and other OCR-related problems. The original page numbering lines have been preserved, and the text has been reordered to make sense. The response does not include any comments or explanations. Here is the corrected version: TREASURY CHAMBERS, 26 January 1893 488 93 1528 Ver 30 JAN 93 Sir, The Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury direct me to enclose for the information of the Marquis of Ripon, a copy of a letter from the Admiralty, of the 10th instant, proposing to give a Lodging Allowance, during 22 weeks of the year, to the Naval Commodore at Hong Kong. My Lords, in accordance with the usual practice regarding Local Allowances, consider that the amount should be fixed in Local currency; i.e. in Dollars not sterling; and They would ask you to move the Secretary of State to cause them to be informed what would be a suitable weekly sum in Dollars to allow for the Lodging of an Officer of Commodore's rank in Hong Kong. In the reply to this Letter the following Number should be quoted. 488 90 at the Treasury rate of Exchange (29) 1.5. $23 say $244 would be a moderate allowance ? Reply that Lord Ripon opinion that the rate proposed £3.3 converted into dollars would be an unreasonable allowance according Draft for coum acco on verbal instructions, the Colon geta at Hauskang viz. 199 Calendar week present in of I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, Rewelly The Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office, Page...

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would be a moderate allowance ? Reply that Lord Risson opinion that the rate proposed £ 3.3 converted into dollars C week present in of In the reply to this Letter the following Number should be quoted. TREASURY CHAMBERS, 488 93 26 January 1893 1528 Ver 30 JAN 33 at the Treasury rate of Exchange (29) 1.5. $23 not be & This say $244 would unreasonable allowance would a according Draft for coum acco on verbal instructions, the Colon geta at Hauskang viz. 199 Calendar Sir, 90 The Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury direct me to enclose for the information of the Marquis of Ripon, a copy of a letter from the Admiralty, of the 10th instant, proposing to give a Lodging Allowance, during 22 weeks of the year, to the Naval Commodore at Hong Kong. My Lords, in accordance with the usual practice regarding Local Allowances, consider that the amount should be fixed in Local currency; i.e. in Dollars not sterling; and They would ask you to move the Secretary of State to cause them to be informed what would be a suitable weekly sum in Dollars to allow for the Lodging of an Officer of Commodore's rank in Hong Kong. The Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office, I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, Rewelly

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would be a moderate allowance

? Reply that Lord Risson

opinion that the rate proposed £ 3.3 converted into dollars

week

present

in of

In the reply to this Letter the following Number should be quoted.

TREASURY CHAMBERS,

488

26 January 1893

1528

Ver 30 JAN 33

at the Treasury rate of Exchange (29)

1.5. $23

not be

& This

say $244 would unreasonable allowance would a

according

Draft for coum acco on verbal instructions,

the Colon geta at

Hauskang viz. 199

Calendar

Sir,

The Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

direct me to enclose for the information of the Marquis

of Ripon, a copy of a letter from the Admiralty, of the 10th instant, proposing to give a Lodging Allowance, during

22 weeks of the year, to the Naval Commodore at Hong Kong.

My Lords, in accordance with the usual practice regarding Local Allowances, consider that the amount should be fixed in Local currency; i.e. in Dollars not

sterling; and They would ask you to move the Secretary of

State to cause them to be informed what would be a suitable

weekly sum in Dollars to allow for the Lodging of an

Officer of Commodore's rank in Hong Kong.

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office,

I am,

Sir,

Your obedient servant,

Rewelly

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