CO129-365 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1910 [1-3] — Page 573

No.101

Hongkong.

585

REC

C.O.

12485

RES 28 MPH 10

Government House,

Hongkong, 23rd. March, 1910.

onclosure.

My Lord,

I have the honour to forward for

Your Lordship's consideration the enclosed copy of a

Petition from certain Indian Guards, Warders and Assistant

Warders of Victoria Gaol. As a matter of fact the Guards

have not signed the petition, for nearly all of them have

given 3 months' notice and they may perhaps intend to leave

the Government Service whether the petition is granted or

not.

2.

I cannot recommend either that the

petitioners' term of service should be shortened or that

they should be granted exchange compensation: but I am

nevertheless of opinion that the time has come when some

improvement in their pay is necessary. The guards (as I

have said) have nearly all given notice and no candidates

are forthcoming to fill the prospective vacancies, while

the emigration of Indians to America has for the time

HF RIGHT HONOURABLE

THE EARL OF CREVA

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