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10/-

7/6

a

note

of

day respectively then

k

The salary is

to cover

expenses in Hongkong & Kowloon.

living expenses

I think that the Consolidated

allowances

to

include

travelling expenses &

House allowance.

nothing to show that

they were

intended to mislead

On the other hand

there was

No.

218.

Hongkong.

The action

reason

that

house

allowance should be given

the Colonial Govt on small net basis the house supplied reasonable should

charging

the

cost of

thoroughly

furnished!

As to para 6, if

such leave he is

on duty-as actually serving on

perfectly

clear if

duty

he is absent from

any day (except Sundays) he loses the allowance for that day

now

that the

as to para from inquiry to pay

other offices

have been

not for the Govt quarters they

Then is

all the less

Int Eves, the Storekeeper

Authority

reason for granting the Asst Engineer

Kowloon house allowance

27/9

Pr. 1/10

Confidential.

My Lord,

33846

0212 07

Government House,

277

Hongkong, 22nd August, 1907.

I have the honour to lay the

following matters before Your Lordship and to request your

instructions upon them.

2.

The Senior Engineering Staff of

the Kowloon-Canton Railway are serving upon Agreements

drawn up by the Crown Agents in which a certain rate of

pay is fixed in each case, and in addition Messrs. Eves,

Logan, Valpy, and Steen are granted a "Consolidated Allow-

-ance" at a specified rate "which shall include travelling

expenses of every kind incurred in the performance of

their duties". (see copy enclosed.) It is not clear

whether this phraseology was intended to embrace any other

possible claims all of which were to be "Consolidated" and

of which travelling allowance was only one, or whether it

was intended to refer solely to the latter in which case a

"fixed travelling allowance" would appear to have been a

more suitable term than "Consolidated Allowance"

RIGHT HONOURABLE

THE EARL OF ELGIN, K.G.,

3.

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10/- 7/6 a note of day respectively then k The salary is to cover expenses in Hongkong & Kowloon. living expenses I think that the Consolidated allowances to include travelling expenses & House allowance. nothing to show that they were intended to mislead On the other hand there was No. 218. Hongkong. The action reason that house allowance should be given the Colonial Govt on small net basis the house supplied reasonable should charging the cost of thoroughly furnished! As to para 6, if such leave he is on duty-as actually serving on perfectly clear if duty he is absent from any day (except Sundays) he loses the allowance for that day now that the as to para from inquiry to pay other offices have been not for the Govt quarters they Then is all the less Int Eves, the Storekeeper Authority reason for granting the Asst Engineer Kowloon house allowance 27/9 Pr. 1/10 Confidential. My Lord, 33846 0212 07 Government House, 277 Hongkong, 22nd August, 1907. I have the honour to lay the following matters before Your Lordship and to request your instructions upon them. 2. The Senior Engineering Staff of the Kowloon-Canton Railway are serving upon Agreements drawn up by the Crown Agents in which a certain rate of pay is fixed in each case, and in addition Messrs. Eves, Logan, Valpy, and Steen are granted a "Consolidated Allow- -ance" at a specified rate "which shall include travelling expenses of every kind incurred in the performance of their duties". (see copy enclosed.) It is not clear whether this phraseology was intended to embrace any other possible claims all of which were to be "Consolidated" and of which travelling allowance was only one, or whether it was intended to refer solely to the latter in which case a "fixed travelling allowance" would appear to have been a more suitable term than "Consolidated Allowance" RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF ELGIN, K.G., 3. ...
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7/6

a

note

of

day nspectively then

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Cosures.

My Lord,

33846

0212 07

Government House,

277

Hongkong, 22nd. August, 1907.

I have the honour to lay the

following matters before Your Lordship and to request your

instructions upon them.

2.

The Senior Engineering Staff of

the Kowloon-Canton Railway are serving upon Agreements

drawn up by the Crown Agents in which a certain rate of

pay is fixed in each case, and in addition Messrs. Eves,

Logan, Valpy, and Steen are granted a "Consolidated Allow-

-ance" at a specified rate "which shall include travelling

expenses of every kind incurred in the performance of

their duties". ( see copy enclosed.) It is not clear

whether this phraseology was intended to embrace any other

possible claims all of which were to be "Consolidated" and

of which travelling allowance was only one, or whether it

was intended to refer solely to the latter in which case a

"fixed travelling allowance" would appear to have been a

&C

800.1

80

more suitable term than "Consolidated Allowance"

RIGHT HONOURABLE

THE EARL OF ELGIN, K.G.,

3.

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