CO129-370 - Governor Sir Lugard & Public Offices - 1910 [12] — Page 295

į

{

200

this basament and in adjoining out-houses. The ground

floor consists of the public reception rooms, viz.:-

dining, and drawing rooms, Governor's and Aide-de-Camp's

offices, ball room, billiard room and ladies' cloak room.

The first floorcontains (besides dressing-rooms) 3 rooms

occupied by the Governor, Private Secretary and Aide-de-

-Camp and 3 spare-rooms used by guests, with a small

sitting room used as a Boudoir.

5.

I am aware that the sum set apart

from the Governor's emoluments as an Entertainment Allow-

-ance need not necessarily be sufficient to cover the cost

of entertainment, and as a matter of fact I believe that

if the Governor entertains in a manner suitable to a

Colony such as Hongkong, and affords the hospitality of

Government House to the very large number of distinguished

visitors who pass through some of whom bring letters of

introduction either from His Majesty's Ambassador at

Wasington or Tokio, Wagington

&C.

the entertainment allowance by

no means cover the expenses, more especially of recent

years when the price of food-stuffs &c. 1

has arisen very

greatly, and duties (from which the Governor is not exempt)

have been imposed on liquors. When time permits I shall

be able to ascertain more precisely how far the entertain-

-ment