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purchasing power of Salaries

fixed in sterting

they

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have no doubt that the salvi

Officers are paid in

of Arany Officer

stoking, and it might be

worth mentioning this frint,

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and the compensation Scheme

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meet it.

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Oh H.K. Gort. to

avails the

boy information as to the

cost of living in H. Kein

with

All furler dom municatives on

this subject should be addressed

to-

The Socrater

Was Office,

London, 8. W.

and the following number quoted

Hong Kong 6/4164 (F.6.)

Sir,

53241

REC

WAR OFFICE,

REG 7 NOV16)

LONDON, S.W.

540

6 November, 1916.

I am commande i by the Army Council to enquire whether the Secretary of State for the Colonies has sanctioned any general increase in wages to oivilian employees in the Colonial Service at Hong Kong on account of the increased cost of living since 1902 and to request that you will be so good as to inform the Council of the particulars of any such increase.

I am,

Siz,

Your obedient servant,

nn Cutte пси

out of date, but swbill make

Enquiries, and

Ishall

love

any

(westions

far

I can

very glad to answer

The Unier Jecretary of State

for the Jolonies,

Jolonial Office,

Downing Street,

9.7.

We are much obliged to Mr. MoElderry.

Dyaft reply accordingly, enclosing

a sl

slightly edited form of the information

as to the cost of living

Haute in

the shape of a memo. enclosed. It can be

1.23DEC.dited in pencil and copied as edited ).`

At once

A&E

11.11.16.

Why sent to ho degment 111)

so at his aquest. Maginta

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