CO129-315 - Public Offices & Others - 1902 — Page 190

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The

Hing King,

Straits Settlements onglet

to be

Equally enjoyed

civil service of

where The

Expenses of

living

Greater

Than

in the Shaits

HONG KONG

No

49

Littlements, and medical

attendance formes for

Lone

families

in Their

Тим не

Expenditure.

I am

Sir

The O.A..

R.E.S. 11/3.

serious

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fr Johnson.

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For consideration.

lif they wish;

HỒNG SONG

B/9652.

Sir,

March 1902.

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I have the honour to acknowledge the

receipt of your despatch No 40 of the 28th of JAN:

Anod Quays:

ast and to inform you that

but, 'refore the Trivilege is actually conceded, I shall be glad to be cassured that it will not entail any In additional salary on the act of the

Claim

montr

existing governmen medical officers

*

having consulted

Sir H. A. Blake, I

am prepared to approve

the proposal that all officers of the Hong long

Service should receive gratuitous medical

attendance.

2. I would s44gest the adoption of

the rules in force in the Straits Settle-

ments, under which the wives and families

of Govt: officers are entitled to receive

medical aid and medicines gratuitously at

the Govt: hospitals but are not entitled

•

to gratuitous attendance at their own residences.

BL

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I am not aware whether ther

wives and families of Hong Kong officers,

whose salaries are less than $2000 a year,

now