CO129-369 - Acting Governor May Governor Sir Lugard - 1910 [10-11] — Page 121

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Government House,

Hongkong, 8th. October, 1910.

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My Lord,

I have the honour to acknowledge

the receipt of Your Lordship's Circular Despatch of the

1st. ultimo, transmitting particulars of a new Uniform

approved by His late Majesty for use in place of the Blue

Civil Service Uniform of the First or Second Class, by

Colonial Governors-General and Governors who at the time

of their appointment do not hold the rank of Admiral in

the Royal Navy or of General in the Army.

2.

I beg with the greatest respect

to submit that the new Uniform is unsuitable and un-

-desirable for use in this Colony for the following

reasons:-

(1).

All the world over silver is a

depreciated metal and one that in comparison with gold is

despised.

(2).

The population of this Colony

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THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

THE EARL OF CREVE,

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