CO129-443 - Governor Sir May - 1917 [7-9] — Page 287

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG. 1st. August, 1917.

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الدين

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35094

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt

of your telegram of the 17th July of which a copy as decoded

is enclosed, and to confirm my reply of the 1st August of

which a copy as decoded is also enclosed.

2.

In May 1916 a letter was received from a

Member of the Police Contingent an active service to the

effect that two of them had chances of obtaining commissions

but that as they could not live on their pay without the

Colonial allowance granted to them as privates or Non-

Commissioned Officers they would be unable to accept them.

The Captain Superintendent of Police requested that members

of the Police Contingent on active service who obtained

Commissions might be granted the same allowance from

Colonial funds as they did as Non-Commissioned Officers

and privates. As the proposal involved no extra expense to

the Colony I said that I had no objection to the proposal

for the duration of the War, but no further action in the

matter was taken as the men in question had already refused

the Commissions offered and it appeared to be unlikely that

the point would be raised again.

3.

On receipt of your telegram I made enquiries

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

WALTER LONG, M. P.,

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