CO129-310 - Acting Governor Major Gen Gascoigne - 1902 [1-4] — Page 363

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! with their Colay Jouring to the

2. These officers state that before accepting their present forts they enquired from this Dept what Allowance they would receive as House Allowance and now hold that the matter could be dealt with better in the Colony. You add in the latter part of your despatch that "the applicants state that their expectations with regard to salary in Hongkong have not been realised and that they understood from officials in the Colonial Office that their position would be better than they found it to be."

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3. It appears from the correspondence that passed with the Colonial Office and Messrs. Martin and Savage at the time when the offer of their present appointments was made and accepted that they were not given any assurance on behalf of the Govt that they would receive free quarters or an allowance in lieu thereof.

4. I am unable on enquiry to accept the contention that anything that was said to them in the course of their interviews at this Office could be construed as any assurance that free quarters or a house allowance would be given to them.

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44 ! with their Colay Jouring to the 2. These officers state that before accepting their present forts they enquired from this Dept what Allowance they would receive as House Allowance and now hold that the matter could be dealt with better in the Colony. You add in the latter part of your despatch that "the applicants state that their expectations with regard to salary in Hongkong have not been realised and that they understood from officials in the Colonial Office that their position would be better than they found it to be." 359 3. It appears from the correspondence that passed with the Colonial Office and Messrs. Martin and Savage at the time when the offer of their present appointments was made and accepted that they were not given any assurance on behalf of the Govt that they would receive free quarters or an allowance in lieu thereof. 4. I am unable on enquiry to accept the contention that anything that was said to them in the course of their interviews at this Office could be construed as any assurance that free quarters or a house allowance would be given to them.

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with their

Colay

Jouring

to the

2. These officers

state that before

accepting

their present

forts they enqunid from this Def what Anty they would

Anment

recavi as House Allowany

and neu

hold that

the matter could be dealt with better in the

Colory. You add in the latter par of your dest. that "the afflicants stat that their expectations with

regard to salary in Haykay

thave not been realised

and that they officials

from

understood

in the Colonial Office

ні

that then forition would

be better than they fund it to be."

non

359

3. It appears from

the con "y that poset

with the Co Post Marty Squeal

Off and those Alesons. Martin and Savage.

at the time when the offer ofther present

app

made and

accepted that they not given any

Assurance

my Wehalf

that they would receive

free quar aby bo

artets of an allowance

in bei there of

I am unable

onquiry,

then

thing

to accept

contention that any -

that was said

to them in the course

of their interreus at this Office could

be coustumed

asi to any

that que quarters or

a house allow would begiven

ana

to them

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