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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG. 21st. January, 1918.

Referring to your Confidential Despatch

of the 7th. May, 1917, I have the honour to refer for your

consideration the question of the grant of a rent allowance to Mr. C. McI. Messer, Captain Superintendent of Police.

2.

The matter of the grant of quarters to

Police Officers is dealt with in Sir F. Lugard's and Viscount Harcourt's Despatches Nos. 65 and 81 of the 22nd. February and the 29th. March, 1912, respectively; and it was decided

that officers then in the Force should retain their right to free quarters. The Cadets had at the time a prior claim to others to Police appointments, and, when lir. Hesser succeeded Mr. Badeley as Captain Superintendent, he was granted the house allowance of $900 formerly draw by Mr. Badeley, with the tacit understanding that, in the event of free quarters baing made available, he would retain the right to them which he potentially possessed prior to the ruling in 1912.

3.

The rate of $900 for Mr. Badeley's house allowance was fired upon the sugation of that officer him- -self, who stated that he would be quite satisfied with it. At the time when the allowance was fixed it probably approximated to, but was slightly less than, the rental of a suitable house. As the years have passed the amount has be- -come more and more inadequate, and at the present day kár.

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THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

WALTER LONG, M.P.,

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