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My Lord,

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REW APR 9

GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

HONGKONG. 12th. March, 1919.

I have the honour to address Your Lordship

on the subject of an allowance to Mr. F. Winyard of the

Kowloon-Canton Railway. In 1917 Mr. Winyard, who held at that

time the post of Head Guard on the Railway was given an

increase of salary and placed on a scale of £200 to £230 by

£10 biennially. This was reported in the usual quarterly

returns and was duly approved.

2.

As a result of representations which

were made to me in 1918, based on the fact that Mr. Winyard

was doing a considerable amount of overtime, owing to the

suspension of the post of Station Inspector by the transfer

of a Mr. C. J. Roe who held the post to the Imports and Exports Department, I approved of a grant of $30 per mensem

to Mr. Vinyard, from the date of Mr. Roe's transfer to the

end of the year.

3.

Mr. Winyard is an officer of unusual ability, who takes a great interest in his work. The Manager of the Railway has reported of him that his hours are long and arduous, that he is out early and late, and that he can

always be relied upon to be present when required.

4.

In addition to this, Mr. Winyard has

interested himself in giving First Aid Lectures to the

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

VISCOUNT MILNER, G.C.B.,

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