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which have been included in the Estimates in anticipation
of your approval. No detailed abstract of the differences between the Estimates of Expenditure for 1916 and 1917 was prepared this year as there was great pressure of work in the Colonial Secretary's Office and the Un-official Members said that they did not require it.
4.
The rate of exchange for sterling expendi-
ture has, on the advice of the Treasurer after consultation
with the Chief Manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, been fixed at one shilling and eleven pence.
The additions to the establishment are as
5.
follows:
Colonial Secretary's Department.
One 2nd Grade Clerk.
One Probationer Clerk.
Audit Department.
Two 5th Grade Clerks.
Treasury.
One Higher Grade Clerk.
One 3rd Grade Clerk.
replacing one 1st Grade Clerk and one 4th Grade
Clerk.
Harbour Office.
Two 3rd Grade Clerke.
one replacing a 4th Grade Clerk.
One 5th Grade Clerk.
in place of one 6th Grade Clerk.
One 4th Grade Shroff.
in place of one 5th Grade Shroff.
Imports
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