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houses and flats whose owners or lessees compete in the market with the owners of houses for residential purposes, any such result as you indicate is at all likely to be experienced. The Military Authorities who for years past have granted house allowances to officers for whom quarters are not provided have not, so far as I am aware, had any such experience.

4.

Since the receipt of your Despatch under

reply I have examined the number of officers who would be affected by it, and their places of residence, with the following result:-

Married Officers..

Single

Residing on the Peak:-

Married....................

..61)

104.

.431

27

Single

...33

Lower levels of Victoria:-

Married. 10)...17

Single.

Medium levels of Victoria:-

Married.... Single.

.6) .4)...10

Kowloon:-

Married. Single.

.13) ..11)...24

Tai Po:-

Married..... Single.

.3) .2)....5

New Territory:-

Married.... Single.

.2)....2

91

On leave.

At Canton.

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