CO129-265 - Public Offices & Others - 1894 — Page 362

£

D. A. A. G.

(B)

C. O.

12639

REC

JJ

R 21 J

Forwarded and recommended for favourable

consideration.

354

I am strongly of opinion that the decline in

the purchasing value of the Dollar, of which there can

be no doubt, forms a reasonable ground for a correspond-

ing increase of pay temporarily. It may also be noted

that the Home Government concede the reasonableness of

this from the Copy of a despatch presented to the

Legislation Council containing the Secretary of States

sanction to an addition to the pay of the members of the

Civil Service here.

Hong Kong,

19. 3. 94.

(Sa.) G. M. V. Hunt, Captn.

Comg. A. S. C.