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Downing Street,

20 March, 1920.

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DRAFT.

EC KONG

FIDENTIAL

sir,

I have the honour to

acknowledge the receipt of your

Confidential despatch of the 11th of

X December, 1919, submitting your

MINUTE.

recommendations with regard to the

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Mr. Beckett 12 /3/20.

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revision of the emoluments of the

membe

f the Public Service of Hong

Mr.

K Mr. Grindle.

Sir H. Lambert.

Sir H. Read

Sir G. Fiddes.

Col. Amery.

Lord Milner.

Craps

ircular of B.Setts .Govt.

4:58 of 84. Refot.)

Farm & 12%.

Tort scherm for fansager for fort Shins

Two. Ading& wan

to Know

we are doing.

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Kong.

2.

I have given careful con-

sideration to your proposal that

salaries should be fixed in dollars, but

that for purposes of leave pay and for

the calculation of pension an officer's

salary should be taken as the equivalent

of his salary at 2/- to the dollar.

As you pointed out, this amounts in the

main to the same thing as fixing the

IMPE

salaries at sterling and paying them

at the rate of 2/- to the dollar as

suggested