CO129-265 - Public Offices & Others - 1894 — Page 358

its terms as in deephesin

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14372/93

in consequenc

21725/43 Jun

of further fall in exchange, but that this proposal has not

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accept carried into pending report

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Ithought they were all - like the

soldiers - paid sterling wages at Treasuing rate of Exchange ]

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Any further communication on this subject should be addressed to~~

The Under Secretary of State,

War Office,

Pall Mall,

London, S. W.

and the following number quoted.

Hong Kong ô/3493

Sir,

C.O.

12639 Rect R 21 s

War Office,

350

Pall Mall, S.W.

20th July, 1894.

I am directed by the Secretary of State for War

to transmit for your perusal the enclosed copy of

correspondence from the General Officer Commanding the

Troops in China and Hong Kong, relative to the pay of certain civilian subordinates at Hong Kong in the employ

of this Department.

I am particularly to call your atten-

tion to the statement of the Officer Commanding, Army

Service Corps Hong Kong, in his minute of the 19th March

f

last, and to request that you will be good enough to favour

Mr Secretary Campbell-Bannerman with any information you

1

may possess as to what increases if any have recently

been granted to members of the Civil Service in China in

consideration of the depreciation in the value of silver

and on what principle such increases have been calculated

I am,

e Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office, S. W.

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

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