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20
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG. 22nd July, 1920.
My Lord,
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt
of Your Lordship's telegram of the 12th July, 1920, on the subject of raising the limitation of salary entitling an officer to receive a free passage on firet appointment or
transfer from £500 to £800 to which I replied on the 15th
July that I agreed to the proposal.
I would, however, submit that it would not be unreasonable to grant free passages in all cases irrespect- ive of salary as it is undoubtedly a greet handicap for any officer to have to provide for more than one passage on first appointment and it is likely that an officer appoint- ed to a post with a salary of over £800 a year will be a man with a wife, and perhaps two small children which entails a nurse so that the total cost of passages will be
about £450, which is in excess of what most officers in the Colonial Service can find without considerable difficulty.
I have the honour to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient,
humble servant,
7. E. Statts 7.E.
Governor, &c.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
VISCOUNT MILNER, G.C.B.,
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